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 Press Clips Jacobin: Workers Can Say Goodbye to Heat Protections Under Trump NELP's Anastasia Christman asks: "How are we going to make sure workers aren’t dying needless deaths as summers get hotter?” May 1, 2025 Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Workers are joining together to defend their rights in the face of Trump's unlawful attacks. April 30, 2025 News Release Missouri Supreme Court Upholds $15 Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Setting higher job-quality standards helps all workers—turning more jobs into good jobs. April 30, 2025 News Release Trump’s Attacks on Equal Opportunity Will Not Stand The president cannot change civil rights law with his executive order. April 24, 2025 Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025 News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025 Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025 News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025 Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025 News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025
Press Clips Jacobin: Workers Can Say Goodbye to Heat Protections Under Trump NELP's Anastasia Christman asks: "How are we going to make sure workers aren’t dying needless deaths as summers get hotter?” May 1, 2025
Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Workers are joining together to defend their rights in the face of Trump's unlawful attacks. April 30, 2025
News Release Missouri Supreme Court Upholds $15 Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Setting higher job-quality standards helps all workers—turning more jobs into good jobs. April 30, 2025
News Release Trump’s Attacks on Equal Opportunity Will Not Stand The president cannot change civil rights law with his executive order. April 24, 2025
Press Clips USA Today: ‘I’m Alarmed’: With Recession Fears Rising, Jobless Benefits Still Fall Short: Report Our unemployment insurance system is failing workers who've lost their jobs through no fault of their own. April 22, 2025
News Release New Survey of Jobless Workers Reveals How Critical Unemployment Insurance System Falls Short The survey highlights UI's key role in mitigating economic hardship and warns of serious systemic deficiencies that must be addressed. April 22, 2025
Press Clips Black Enterprise: DOGE’s Big Reveal of Unemployment Fraud Claims? Federal Investigators Knew About Them Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub points out that DOGE's findings were "not news to anyone" and were already the subject of congressional hearings. April 18, 2025
News Release Workers Rights Organizations Condemn the Dismantling of Workplace Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Trump's Labor Department has just placed hundreds of staff of a critical civil rights enforcement agency on administrative leave. April 17, 2025
Press Clips AP: DOGE Trumpets Unemployment Fraud That the Government Already Found Years Ago NELP's Amy Traub says this is an attempt to undermine public support for UI at a time when it couldn’t be more important. April 15, 2025
News Release March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come One of the major engines still powering the U.S. economy is the labor of immigrant workers. April 4, 2025
