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 Report: Today’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis and How We Got Here States choosing to reduce access and cut benefits led to current dysfunction. April 21, 2020 Blog Webinar: COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers The latest information regarding unemployment insurance, federal legislation, and what it means for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. April 17, 2020 News Release CDC Guidance Weakens Protections for Essential Workers New CDC guidance allows employers to require essential workers exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work under certain conditions. April 9, 2020 Blog COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020 Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020 Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020 Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020 News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 2020 Blog Worker Health Is Public Health The federal government is failing to ensure the safety and health of front line workers. April 1, 2020 News Release Statement on Historic Unemployment Claims Report March 26, 2020 States must use this moment to ensure their UI program can meet the demands of this moment, both by ensuring access to the systems and robust benefits for all. March 27, 2020
News Release Report: Today’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis and How We Got Here States choosing to reduce access and cut benefits led to current dysfunction. April 21, 2020
Blog Webinar: COVID-19 Resources for Unemployed and Frontline Workers The latest information regarding unemployment insurance, federal legislation, and what it means for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. April 17, 2020
News Release CDC Guidance Weakens Protections for Essential Workers New CDC guidance allows employers to require essential workers exposed to COVID-19 to continue to work under certain conditions. April 9, 2020
Blog COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020
Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020
Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020
Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020
News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 2020
Blog Worker Health Is Public Health The federal government is failing to ensure the safety and health of front line workers. April 1, 2020
News Release Statement on Historic Unemployment Claims Report March 26, 2020 States must use this moment to ensure their UI program can meet the demands of this moment, both by ensuring access to the systems and robust benefits for all. March 27, 2020
