Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News News Release Minimum Wage Increases Coming in 2026 as Nationwide Affordability Crisis Deepens Blog Defending Worker Safety: Responding to OSHA and MSHA’s Dangerous Rollbacks Press Clips The American Prospect: How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips AP: Trump’s Labor Department Proposes More Than 60 Rule Changes in a Push to Deregulate Workplaces NELP's Judy Conti voiced opposition to the Labor Department's move to gut worker protections. July 22, 2025 News Release New Report Details Employers’ Harmful Use of Digital Surveillance and Automated Decision Systems, Highlights Urgent Need for Policy Action NELP's report spotlights the problems posed by employers’ excessive and inappropriate use of digital technologies to monitor and manage workers. July 15, 2025 News Release D.C. Council Rejects Rollback of Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers Key members of the D.C. Council voted to remove a repeal of D.C.'s one-fair-wage law from the 2026 budget. July 15, 2025 Blog Mayor Bowser & D.C. Council Must Respect the Will of D.C. Voters by Rejecting Repeal of Initiative 82 If D.C.'s leaders repeal the voter-approved law, D.C.'s tipped worker minimum wage will fall to $5.95 an hour. July 11, 2025 Press Clips NJ Spotlight News: Does Amazon’s Delivery Model Harm Workers? NELP's Maya Pinto discusses a new report on how Amazon Flex is eroding labor standards for delivery drivers nationwide. July 11, 2025 Press Clips Business Insider: Amazon Flex Workers’ Schedules Aren’t So Flexible After All, New Report Suggests Amazon's last-mile delivery operation is eroding labor standards for delivery workers. July 9, 2025 News Release New Brief Sheds Light on the Amazon’s Dangerous ‘Flex’ Labor Model From digital surveillance to wage theft, Amazon is eroding labor standards for drivers industry-wide. July 9, 2025 News Release NELP Denounces Supreme Court Ruling Permitting Immediate Layoffs of Hundreds of Thousands of Federal Workers The mass firings threaten the livelihoods and financial security of millions of working people and families around the U.S. July 9, 2025 News Release Workers Need Real Portable Benefits and Access to Foundational Employment Rights The Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act threatens workers’ access to foundational employment rights and protections. July 8, 2025 News Release June Jobs Report: Workers Feel Uneven Impact of Federal Policies Amidst Economic Uncertainty During economic downturns, unemployment insurance helps support consumer spending and local economies, preventing more layoffs. July 3, 2025
Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
Press Clips AP: Trump’s Labor Department Proposes More Than 60 Rule Changes in a Push to Deregulate Workplaces NELP's Judy Conti voiced opposition to the Labor Department's move to gut worker protections. July 22, 2025
News Release New Report Details Employers’ Harmful Use of Digital Surveillance and Automated Decision Systems, Highlights Urgent Need for Policy Action NELP's report spotlights the problems posed by employers’ excessive and inappropriate use of digital technologies to monitor and manage workers. July 15, 2025
News Release D.C. Council Rejects Rollback of Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers Key members of the D.C. Council voted to remove a repeal of D.C.'s one-fair-wage law from the 2026 budget. July 15, 2025
Blog Mayor Bowser & D.C. Council Must Respect the Will of D.C. Voters by Rejecting Repeal of Initiative 82 If D.C.'s leaders repeal the voter-approved law, D.C.'s tipped worker minimum wage will fall to $5.95 an hour. July 11, 2025
Press Clips NJ Spotlight News: Does Amazon’s Delivery Model Harm Workers? NELP's Maya Pinto discusses a new report on how Amazon Flex is eroding labor standards for delivery drivers nationwide. July 11, 2025
Press Clips Business Insider: Amazon Flex Workers’ Schedules Aren’t So Flexible After All, New Report Suggests Amazon's last-mile delivery operation is eroding labor standards for delivery workers. July 9, 2025
News Release New Brief Sheds Light on the Amazon’s Dangerous ‘Flex’ Labor Model From digital surveillance to wage theft, Amazon is eroding labor standards for drivers industry-wide. July 9, 2025
News Release NELP Denounces Supreme Court Ruling Permitting Immediate Layoffs of Hundreds of Thousands of Federal Workers The mass firings threaten the livelihoods and financial security of millions of working people and families around the U.S. July 9, 2025
News Release Workers Need Real Portable Benefits and Access to Foundational Employment Rights The Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act threatens workers’ access to foundational employment rights and protections. July 8, 2025
News Release June Jobs Report: Workers Feel Uneven Impact of Federal Policies Amidst Economic Uncertainty During economic downturns, unemployment insurance helps support consumer spending and local economies, preventing more layoffs. July 3, 2025
