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 NELP and Allies File Supreme Court Amicus Brief to Defend Labor Organizers’ Access to Worksites An adverse decision could potentially jeopardize regulators' ability to access job sites to enforce critical worker protections. February 10, 2021 News Release Steve Gray Joins the Unemployment Insurance Team at NELP Steve's experience as a UI claimant advocate, academic, and state agency administrator makes him the perfect addition to NELP. February 9, 2021 News Release NELP Urges Senate to Include All Immigrants in COVID Relief Package We need a relief package to build a strong, unified recovery rather than a fragmented, exclusionary, and ineffective one. February 5, 2021 News Release On the Passing of John Sweeney, Former AFL-CIO President Sweeney spent his career making the world a better place for all workers, be they in a union or not. February 3, 2021 News Release New Survey From Broad Coalition Shows Overlapping Challenges of Racial, Gender, and Economic Injustice Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Survey reinforces need for worker-centered and equity-focused interventions in the pandemic recovery. February 3, 2021 News Release Victory for Poultry Workers: USDA Withdraws Proposed Rule to Speed Up Poultry Lines The rule would have allowed poultry plants to dramatically increase line speeds, leading to more worker injuries. January 26, 2021 News Release NELP Urges Congress to Pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 Congress should use this opportunity to finally pass a $15 minimum wage bill. January 26, 2021 Blog Reflecting on NELP’s Partnership with the Local Solutions Support Center to Fight Preemption and Protect Pro-worker Advocacy To better respond to the threat of preemption, NELP and LSSC formed a partnership in 2019. January 25, 2021 News Release 78 Groups Urge Congress to Extend Labor Protections to Millions of App-Based Workers It's time to end the exclusion of millions of workers in the app-based economy from essential labor protections. January 25, 2021 Blog NELP and NYCOSH File Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers’ Demands for COVID-19 Protections NYC Amazon workers sued Amazon seeking a court order requiring the company to implement health and safety practices needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. January 25, 2021
News Release NELP and Allies File Supreme Court Amicus Brief to Defend Labor Organizers’ Access to Worksites An adverse decision could potentially jeopardize regulators' ability to access job sites to enforce critical worker protections. February 10, 2021
News Release Steve Gray Joins the Unemployment Insurance Team at NELP Steve's experience as a UI claimant advocate, academic, and state agency administrator makes him the perfect addition to NELP. February 9, 2021
News Release NELP Urges Senate to Include All Immigrants in COVID Relief Package We need a relief package to build a strong, unified recovery rather than a fragmented, exclusionary, and ineffective one. February 5, 2021
News Release On the Passing of John Sweeney, Former AFL-CIO President Sweeney spent his career making the world a better place for all workers, be they in a union or not. February 3, 2021
News Release New Survey From Broad Coalition Shows Overlapping Challenges of Racial, Gender, and Economic Injustice Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Survey reinforces need for worker-centered and equity-focused interventions in the pandemic recovery. February 3, 2021
News Release Victory for Poultry Workers: USDA Withdraws Proposed Rule to Speed Up Poultry Lines The rule would have allowed poultry plants to dramatically increase line speeds, leading to more worker injuries. January 26, 2021
News Release NELP Urges Congress to Pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 Congress should use this opportunity to finally pass a $15 minimum wage bill. January 26, 2021
Blog Reflecting on NELP’s Partnership with the Local Solutions Support Center to Fight Preemption and Protect Pro-worker Advocacy To better respond to the threat of preemption, NELP and LSSC formed a partnership in 2019. January 25, 2021
News Release 78 Groups Urge Congress to Extend Labor Protections to Millions of App-Based Workers It's time to end the exclusion of millions of workers in the app-based economy from essential labor protections. January 25, 2021
Blog NELP and NYCOSH File Amicus Brief Supporting Amazon Workers’ Demands for COVID-19 Protections NYC Amazon workers sued Amazon seeking a court order requiring the company to implement health and safety practices needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. January 25, 2021
