Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S. November 29, 2022 Press Clips The Guardian: ‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals November 23, 2022 Press Clips Slate: Child Labor Has Made a Comeback A gruesome case at meatpacking plants is but one example. November 16, 2022 Press Clips CalMatters: To fight wage theft California gets strong assist from worker centers As California investigates businesses for wage theft, worker centers act as behind-the-scenes allies, helping convince employees to cooperate. November 15, 2022 Blog Workers Demand True Flexibility with Full Employment Protections Workers' demands and organizing efforts will deliver true flexibility and economic security. November 7, 2022 News Release October Jobs Report: Disparities Persist as Unemployment Ticks Up Despite continued job gains, the number of unemployed workers increased by 306,000. November 4, 2022 News Release NELP Report and Survey Show California’s Strong Worker Protections are Undercut by Employer Retaliation The survey confirms that the fundamental power imbalance between workers and employers – especially under a system of “at will” employment. November 2, 2022 Press Clips ABC News: Amazon warehouse workers vote against union, a setback for US labor campaign Amazon workers at a warehouse in Albany, New York, voted overwhelmingly against unionization on Tuesday. October 18, 2022 News Release NELP Applauds DOL’s Proposed Independent Contractor Rule The DOL has taken a significant step forward in ensuring all people who work for someone else have access to minimum wage and overtime protections. October 11, 2022 Press Clips CNBC: Here’s what a new Biden administration labor proposal would mean for independent contractors The US DOL on Tuesday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on guidelines around employers’ classification of workers as employees or independent contractors. October 11, 2022
News Release Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S. November 29, 2022
Press Clips The Guardian: ‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals November 23, 2022
Press Clips Slate: Child Labor Has Made a Comeback A gruesome case at meatpacking plants is but one example. November 16, 2022
Press Clips CalMatters: To fight wage theft California gets strong assist from worker centers As California investigates businesses for wage theft, worker centers act as behind-the-scenes allies, helping convince employees to cooperate. November 15, 2022
Blog Workers Demand True Flexibility with Full Employment Protections Workers' demands and organizing efforts will deliver true flexibility and economic security. November 7, 2022
News Release October Jobs Report: Disparities Persist as Unemployment Ticks Up Despite continued job gains, the number of unemployed workers increased by 306,000. November 4, 2022
News Release NELP Report and Survey Show California’s Strong Worker Protections are Undercut by Employer Retaliation The survey confirms that the fundamental power imbalance between workers and employers – especially under a system of “at will” employment. November 2, 2022
Press Clips ABC News: Amazon warehouse workers vote against union, a setback for US labor campaign Amazon workers at a warehouse in Albany, New York, voted overwhelmingly against unionization on Tuesday. October 18, 2022
News Release NELP Applauds DOL’s Proposed Independent Contractor Rule The DOL has taken a significant step forward in ensuring all people who work for someone else have access to minimum wage and overtime protections. October 11, 2022
Press Clips CNBC: Here’s what a new Biden administration labor proposal would mean for independent contractors The US DOL on Tuesday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on guidelines around employers’ classification of workers as employees or independent contractors. October 11, 2022
