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 New 50-State Analysis: Most States Leave Workers Who Report Employer Misconduct Unprotected June 24, 2019 News Release How Michigan’s Legislature Violated Its Constitution by Gutting a Minimum Wage Law June 21, 2019 News Release New York Passes Historic Farmworker Fair Labor Law June 19, 2019 News Release Report: Outsourcing of Federal Jobs to Temp Agencies Has Doubled Under Trump Administration Outsourcing work to temporary help service agencies degrades the quality of federal government jobs. June 19, 2019 News Release New York State’s Dependent Worker Act Falls Short for Gig Workers June 17, 2019 News Release New Report: Can State Unemployment Systems Weather the Next Recession? Barriers to accessing state unemployment benefits threaten a core program that stabilizes the economy during economic downturns June 6, 2019 News Release Worker Rights’ Groups Applaud WA State for Leading the Nation in Restoring Overtime Pay Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee’s Department of Labor and Industries announced today the nation’s boldest proposal for restoring overtime pay to salaried middle class workers. June 5, 2019 News Release SEC’s Final Regulation Best Interest Package Falls Short for Workers, Investors The SEC issued today a final Regulation Best Interest package that leaves working people with fewer, not more, protections. June 5, 2019 News Release Puerto Rico Grants 30-Day Extension to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance May 31, 2019 News Release Report: McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers from Gun Violence, Robberies, Attacks Our report documents an epidemic of workplace violence at McDonald's restaurants, compounded by the company’s failure to protect its workers. May 22, 2019
News Release New 50-State Analysis: Most States Leave Workers Who Report Employer Misconduct Unprotected June 24, 2019
News Release How Michigan’s Legislature Violated Its Constitution by Gutting a Minimum Wage Law June 21, 2019
News Release Report: Outsourcing of Federal Jobs to Temp Agencies Has Doubled Under Trump Administration Outsourcing work to temporary help service agencies degrades the quality of federal government jobs. June 19, 2019
News Release New Report: Can State Unemployment Systems Weather the Next Recession? Barriers to accessing state unemployment benefits threaten a core program that stabilizes the economy during economic downturns June 6, 2019
News Release Worker Rights’ Groups Applaud WA State for Leading the Nation in Restoring Overtime Pay Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee’s Department of Labor and Industries announced today the nation’s boldest proposal for restoring overtime pay to salaried middle class workers. June 5, 2019
News Release SEC’s Final Regulation Best Interest Package Falls Short for Workers, Investors The SEC issued today a final Regulation Best Interest package that leaves working people with fewer, not more, protections. June 5, 2019
News Release Puerto Rico Grants 30-Day Extension to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance May 31, 2019
News Release Report: McDonald’s Fails to Protect Workers from Gun Violence, Robberies, Attacks Our report documents an epidemic of workplace violence at McDonald's restaurants, compounded by the company’s failure to protect its workers. May 22, 2019
