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 News Release On Federal Legislation Creating a Path to Citizenship for Frontline Immigrant Workers The Citizenship for Essential Workers Act is a testament to the movement for immigrant rights. February 26, 2021 News Release Statement on the Introduction of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 Recognizing non-citizen immigrants as full participants in this country without the threat of deportation, is an important step toward racial and economic justice. February 19, 2021 News Release FAIR Act Will Help Enforce Workers’ Rights and Ability to Join Together and Fight Back Against Employer and Corporate Wrongdoing The FAIR Act would end corporations’ imposition of forced arbitration and class/collective action waivers in employment and civil rights cases. February 11, 2021 News Release NEW POLLING Commissioned by NELP: Voters Agree—Raising the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 Is Good for Everyone Across all demographics, swing district voters confirm that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 is good policy. February 10, 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 On Federal Legislation Creating a Path to Citizenship for Frontline Immigrant Workers The Citizenship for Essential Workers Act is a testament to the movement for immigrant rights. February 26, 2021
News Release Statement on the Introduction of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 Recognizing non-citizen immigrants as full participants in this country without the threat of deportation, is an important step toward racial and economic justice. February 19, 2021
News Release FAIR Act Will Help Enforce Workers’ Rights and Ability to Join Together and Fight Back Against Employer and Corporate Wrongdoing The FAIR Act would end corporations’ imposition of forced arbitration and class/collective action waivers in employment and civil rights cases. February 11, 2021
News Release NEW POLLING Commissioned by NELP: Voters Agree—Raising the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 Is Good for Everyone Across all demographics, swing district voters confirm that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 is good policy. February 10, 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
