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 Press Clips The Nation: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Turns Out to Be Super Anti-Labor Surprise, surprise: Former representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer supports anti-union “right to work” laws and rejects a national minimum-wage hike. February 21, 2025 Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault NELP's Judy Conti discussed Trump's hollow promise to champion workers. February 16, 2025 News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Federal workers have civil service protections because our country values their expertise, independent judgment, and adherence to the rule of law. February 14, 2025 Press Clips The New Yorker: What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA? Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department. February 10, 2025 Press Clips Truthout: As Trump Attacks Federal Labor Protections, How Can States Protect Workers? From limits on heat exposure to overtime rules, states can fill in some gaps as Trump dismantles federal protections. February 9, 2025 News Release January Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Civil Rights Rollbacks Threaten Progress The Trump administration’s attacks on civil rights are calculated to drag us backward. February 7, 2025 Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Our movement for workers’ rights is focused on truth, powered by action, and united by a vision for justice that so many before us have fought for. February 3, 2025 Press Clips Inequality.org: 8 Ways States Can Fight Inequality and Build Worker Power As a war on immigrants and the working class rages in Washington, state governments should use every tool at their disposal to advance a more equitable economy. February 3, 2025 Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025 News Release Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels in Another Outrageous Attack on Civil Rights and Rule of Law These firings mean the EEOC will not have a quorum and cannot take votes on policy or enforcement of civil rights laws. January 28, 2025
Press Clips The Nation: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Turns Out to Be Super Anti-Labor Surprise, surprise: Former representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer supports anti-union “right to work” laws and rejects a national minimum-wage hike. February 21, 2025
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault NELP's Judy Conti discussed Trump's hollow promise to champion workers. February 16, 2025
News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Federal workers have civil service protections because our country values their expertise, independent judgment, and adherence to the rule of law. February 14, 2025
Press Clips The New Yorker: What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA? Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department. February 10, 2025
Press Clips Truthout: As Trump Attacks Federal Labor Protections, How Can States Protect Workers? From limits on heat exposure to overtime rules, states can fill in some gaps as Trump dismantles federal protections. February 9, 2025
News Release January Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Civil Rights Rollbacks Threaten Progress The Trump administration’s attacks on civil rights are calculated to drag us backward. February 7, 2025
Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Our movement for workers’ rights is focused on truth, powered by action, and united by a vision for justice that so many before us have fought for. February 3, 2025
Press Clips Inequality.org: 8 Ways States Can Fight Inequality and Build Worker Power As a war on immigrants and the working class rages in Washington, state governments should use every tool at their disposal to advance a more equitable economy. February 3, 2025
Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025
News Release Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels in Another Outrageous Attack on Civil Rights and Rule of Law These firings mean the EEOC will not have a quorum and cannot take votes on policy or enforcement of civil rights laws. January 28, 2025
