Digging up the Root: How UNC Housekeepers Connected Workers’ Rights with Reparations and Won

Black workers’ freedom is tied to our rights to full citizenship.

On AFSCME’s Lawsuit Challenging USDOL Final Rule Allowing States to Privatize Employment Services

The rule opens the door for private companies to control public-serving functions, with no accountability to the public.

Trump NLRB Earns an “F” for Proposing to Take Away Graduate Student Workers’ Rights

These students are doing work on behalf of and at the direction of the school, for money, and yet they would not be considered employees.

Fighting Wage Preemption: How Workers Have Lost Billions in Wages and How We Can Restore Local Democracy

Workers are losing billions of dollars every year because their state legislatures blocked minimum wage raises workers won at the local level.

Removing Barriers to Occupational Licensing for D.C. Residents – NELP D.C. Council Testimony

Minimum Wage Hikes Have Reversed Wage Declines for Workers in Lowest-Paid Jobs

Worker activism for a $15 wage floor, not Trump administration policies, are driving those wage gains.

NELP Applauds Bipartisan House Passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act

The legislation lays out an urgent and far-reaching vision for building worker power by reforming federal labor laws.

The PRO Act Protects Worker Democracy, and That’s Good for All of Us

A vote on the PRO Act is expected in the House of Representatives this week. Tell your representative to stand up for working people and pass the PRO Act now!

Sorry, Uber, You’re Still Covered by AB 5

The new policies Uber has announced do not change the basics of how Uber exerts control over drivers: it sets fares, it takes the commission it wants, and more.

Two Worker Deaths in January Show Need for Reforms in U.S. Poultry Slaughterhouses

There is an increased likelihood of serious injuries among poultry workers, who are disproportionately people of color and immigrants.