Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News News Release Teresa Acuña Joins NELP Policy Team as Visiting Fellow for Good Jobs Democracy Blog NELP Denounces DOL’s Proposed Joint Employment Rule News Release NELP Welcomes Three Leading Experts to New Senior Policy Roles Blog Juneteenth and the Next Chapter in the Fight for Workers’ Rights Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips City & State: Opinion: We need a $21.25 minimum wage The Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, would increase the minimum wage to $21.25 by 2027. March 31, 2023 Press Clips The Fulcrum: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back The government’s pandemic interventions had meaningful effects. March 30, 2023 News Release POWER ACT Would Strengthen Immigrant Worker Power & Raise Workplace Standards for All Workers The POWER Act would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation by their employers. March 28, 2023 Press Clips Politico: The minimum wage fight that will define the decade After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to gain ground on raising worker pay. March 22, 2023 Press Clips Teen Vogue: Child Labor in the US: Despite Laws, Kids Work in Agriculture, Fast Food, Industry Child labor is not a relic of the past. March 13, 2023 News Release February Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Edges Up Congress must act now to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times. March 10, 2023 News Release On the Nomination of Julie Su for U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su has a proven track record of advancing racial and economic justice for workers across the country. February 28, 2023 Press Clips In These Times: She Refused To Take a Drug Test Before Getting a Workplace Injury Treated—And Was Fired A worker’s arm was mangled in a machine. Before treatment, a manager requested a drug test. February 21, 2023 Press Clips Jacobin: A Starbucks Worker Fired for Organizing Got His Job Back Thanks to NYC “Just Cause” Laws A Starbucks worker fired for organizing got his job back thanks to NYC 'just cause' law. February 19, 2023 Press Clips TIME: How a YouTube Strike Could Set a Big Precedent For Workers’ Rights Several teams of subcontracted YouTube workers went on strike on Friday, to protest a return-to-office policy that they say is an attempt to bust their union. February 3, 2023
Press Clips City & State: Opinion: We need a $21.25 minimum wage The Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, would increase the minimum wage to $21.25 by 2027. March 31, 2023
Press Clips The Fulcrum: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back The government’s pandemic interventions had meaningful effects. March 30, 2023
News Release POWER ACT Would Strengthen Immigrant Worker Power & Raise Workplace Standards for All Workers The POWER Act would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation by their employers. March 28, 2023
Press Clips Politico: The minimum wage fight that will define the decade After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to gain ground on raising worker pay. March 22, 2023
Press Clips Teen Vogue: Child Labor in the US: Despite Laws, Kids Work in Agriculture, Fast Food, Industry Child labor is not a relic of the past. March 13, 2023
News Release February Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Edges Up Congress must act now to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times. March 10, 2023
News Release On the Nomination of Julie Su for U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su has a proven track record of advancing racial and economic justice for workers across the country. February 28, 2023
Press Clips In These Times: She Refused To Take a Drug Test Before Getting a Workplace Injury Treated—And Was Fired A worker’s arm was mangled in a machine. Before treatment, a manager requested a drug test. February 21, 2023
Press Clips Jacobin: A Starbucks Worker Fired for Organizing Got His Job Back Thanks to NYC “Just Cause” Laws A Starbucks worker fired for organizing got his job back thanks to NYC 'just cause' law. February 19, 2023
Press Clips TIME: How a YouTube Strike Could Set a Big Precedent For Workers’ Rights Several teams of subcontracted YouTube workers went on strike on Friday, to protest a return-to-office policy that they say is an attempt to bust their union. February 3, 2023
