Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Blog We Must Defend the Civil Rights of Workers with Conviction Records Blog Keeping the Lights On: Why Unemployment Insurance Reform Can’t Wait Blog One Hundred Days of Trump Betrayal: The Fight for Workers’ Rights and Our Democracy Blog NELP Joins Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Religious Exemption from UI Case Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Press Clips CNN: From Minimum Wage Increases to Medicare Drug Costs Cap, These New Laws Are Now in Effect January 1 ushered in a host of new laws. January 1, 2025 Press Clips LA Times: Employers and Workers Alike Are Wary of What the Second Trump Term Will Mean for Labor NELP's Judy Conti discussed the challenges facing workers under the second Trump administration. December 16, 2024 Press Clips USA Today: Minimum Wage Set to Rise in 23 States Next Year as $15 an Hour, and Beyond, Picks up Steam NELP's Yannet Lathrop explained how raising the minimum wage helps working families. December 9, 2024 News Release Minimum Wage Increases and Worker Protections Coming in 2025 as Worker Momentum Builds 69 cities, counties, and states will raise their wage floors on January 1, with 28 more lifting pay later in 2025. December 9, 2024 News Release November Jobs Report: Striking Workers Return to Jobs, Deserve More Support We make the case for why providing unemployment benefits to striking workers is a good idea. December 6, 2024 Blog New Data Show Warehouse Injuries in New York Skyrocketing as Jobs in the Sector Continue to Grow New 2023 BLS data on workplace injuries reveals a dramatic increase in already high rates of injury for New York State warehouse workers. December 5, 2024 Press Clips CNN: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Is Surprisingly Pro-Union. It Doesn’t Mean his Administration Will Be. NELP cautioned about the Trump administration trying to appear labor-friendly while pursuing policies that jeopardize workers' rights. November 23, 2024 News Release Chavez-DeRemer’s Labor Secretary Nomination Highlights Tension Between Pro-Worker Promises and Trump’s Project 2025 Anti-Labor Policies Chavez-DeRemer’s moderate stances cannot mask the broader Trump administration agenda she would serve—one that threatens to roll back hard-won worker protections. November 23, 2024 Blog As a Delivery Worker Union Campaign Takes Off, Amazon Tries to Dodge Labor Law DSP drivers across the U.S. have unionized—making demands for better working conditions, but facing hurdles obtaining their first contract. November 22, 2024 Press Clips Washington Post: Amazon and SpaceX Aim to Defang the Federal Labor Board. Trump May Help. NELP's Dan Ocampo explained how workers would be hurt if the Trump administration is allowed to gut the NLRB. November 21, 2024
Press Clips CNN: From Minimum Wage Increases to Medicare Drug Costs Cap, These New Laws Are Now in Effect January 1 ushered in a host of new laws. January 1, 2025
Press Clips LA Times: Employers and Workers Alike Are Wary of What the Second Trump Term Will Mean for Labor NELP's Judy Conti discussed the challenges facing workers under the second Trump administration. December 16, 2024
Press Clips USA Today: Minimum Wage Set to Rise in 23 States Next Year as $15 an Hour, and Beyond, Picks up Steam NELP's Yannet Lathrop explained how raising the minimum wage helps working families. December 9, 2024
News Release Minimum Wage Increases and Worker Protections Coming in 2025 as Worker Momentum Builds 69 cities, counties, and states will raise their wage floors on January 1, with 28 more lifting pay later in 2025. December 9, 2024
News Release November Jobs Report: Striking Workers Return to Jobs, Deserve More Support We make the case for why providing unemployment benefits to striking workers is a good idea. December 6, 2024
Blog New Data Show Warehouse Injuries in New York Skyrocketing as Jobs in the Sector Continue to Grow New 2023 BLS data on workplace injuries reveals a dramatic increase in already high rates of injury for New York State warehouse workers. December 5, 2024
Press Clips CNN: Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Is Surprisingly Pro-Union. It Doesn’t Mean his Administration Will Be. NELP cautioned about the Trump administration trying to appear labor-friendly while pursuing policies that jeopardize workers' rights. November 23, 2024
News Release Chavez-DeRemer’s Labor Secretary Nomination Highlights Tension Between Pro-Worker Promises and Trump’s Project 2025 Anti-Labor Policies Chavez-DeRemer’s moderate stances cannot mask the broader Trump administration agenda she would serve—one that threatens to roll back hard-won worker protections. November 23, 2024
Blog As a Delivery Worker Union Campaign Takes Off, Amazon Tries to Dodge Labor Law DSP drivers across the U.S. have unionized—making demands for better working conditions, but facing hurdles obtaining their first contract. November 22, 2024
Press Clips Washington Post: Amazon and SpaceX Aim to Defang the Federal Labor Board. Trump May Help. NELP's Dan Ocampo explained how workers would be hurt if the Trump administration is allowed to gut the NLRB. November 21, 2024
