Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog Workers Can’t Wait for Protections from Heat News Release NELP Condemns ICE Worksite Raids and Militarized Violence in L.A. and Around the U.S. Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips Mother Jones: Climate Change Is Making Jobs Deadlier—and OSHA Can’t Take the Heat Conservatives have gutted America’s workplace watchdog. Workers are paying with their lives. April 19, 2022 Press Clips Protocol: How Uber and Lyft compromised with labor in Washington state — and kept drivers from becoming employees April 13, 2022 Press Clips WBRL: Mayor’s Commission for Re-Entry aims to integrate formerly incarcerated people back into our community The Mayor’s Commission for Re-Entry, is aiming to break the stigma through the “ban the box” initiative. April 13, 2022 Press Clips Teen Vogue: Amazon Union’s Chris Smalls Is Part of the Legacy of Black Labor Organizing This op-ed argues that Black labor organizers have long recognized that better conditions for Black and brown workers result in better conditions for everyone. April 5, 2022 Press Clips Wire: Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law Uber and Lyft have legally cemented the independent contractor status of ride-hail drivers. Now other states are on the horizon. April 1, 2022 News Release March Jobs Report: Job Growth Amidst Fears of a New Recession April 1, 2022 Press Clips MSN: Nevada casino owner sued over pandemic jobs right-to-return A union representing more than 60,000 hotel housekeepers, bartenders and porters is backing a lawsuit. March 29, 2022 Press Clips Business Insider: Raising interest rates won’t fix the real reason behind inflation: price-gouging and corporate greed Last week, the Federal Reserve issued the first of a projected seven interest-rate hikes this year. March 26, 2022 Blog Reflecting on Two Years of COVID-19 March 16, 2022 Press Clips Times Union: Hochul proposes covering costs to farmers for new overtime rules A subsidy that could cost taxpayers up to $130 million annually is being proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. March 9, 2022
Press Clips Mother Jones: Climate Change Is Making Jobs Deadlier—and OSHA Can’t Take the Heat Conservatives have gutted America’s workplace watchdog. Workers are paying with their lives. April 19, 2022
Press Clips Protocol: How Uber and Lyft compromised with labor in Washington state — and kept drivers from becoming employees April 13, 2022
Press Clips WBRL: Mayor’s Commission for Re-Entry aims to integrate formerly incarcerated people back into our community The Mayor’s Commission for Re-Entry, is aiming to break the stigma through the “ban the box” initiative. April 13, 2022
Press Clips Teen Vogue: Amazon Union’s Chris Smalls Is Part of the Legacy of Black Labor Organizing This op-ed argues that Black labor organizers have long recognized that better conditions for Black and brown workers result in better conditions for everyone. April 5, 2022
Press Clips Wire: Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law Uber and Lyft have legally cemented the independent contractor status of ride-hail drivers. Now other states are on the horizon. April 1, 2022
Press Clips MSN: Nevada casino owner sued over pandemic jobs right-to-return A union representing more than 60,000 hotel housekeepers, bartenders and porters is backing a lawsuit. March 29, 2022
Press Clips Business Insider: Raising interest rates won’t fix the real reason behind inflation: price-gouging and corporate greed Last week, the Federal Reserve issued the first of a projected seven interest-rate hikes this year. March 26, 2022
Press Clips Times Union: Hochul proposes covering costs to farmers for new overtime rules A subsidy that could cost taxpayers up to $130 million annually is being proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. March 9, 2022
