Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the Newsroom latest 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 Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025 News Release Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels in Another Outrageous Attack on Civil Rights and Rule of Law These firings mean the EEOC will not have a quorum and cannot take votes on policy or enforcement of civil rights laws. January 28, 2025 Press Clips AP: Firings, Freezes and Layoffs: A Look at Trump’s Moves Against Federal Employees and Programs Trump fired the NLRB's acting chair, Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve as an NLRB member. January 28, 2025 News Release In Unprecedented Attack on Workers and the Rule of Law, Trump Fires NLRB Member Wilcox President Trump has fired National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox in an unprecedented attack on workers and the rule of law. January 28, 2025 Press Clips AP: Fast Food Is a Staple of American Culture, but Some of Its Workers Struggle to Survive Millions of fast-food workers across the U.S.--two-thirds of them women--are scraping to get by. January 25, 2025 Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Because of your commitment and dedication, NELP is ready to face the challenges ahead with determination, hope, and a clear vision of a good-jobs economy for all. January 23, 2025 News Release Trump Abandons Six Decades of Progress on Workplace Discrimination Protections for Federal Contractors Trump administration has gutted protections ensuring women, people of color, and others are evaluated on their merits. January 22, 2025 Press Clips Huffington Post: Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted by LBJ in 1965 NELP's Judy Conti explained how Trump's move strips away a key tool in fighting discrimination. January 22, 2025 News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Immigration Plans, Calls for Solidarity with Immigrant Workers Trump's immigration plans threaten the safety, dignity, and livelihoods of millions of immigrant workers and their families. January 22, 2025 News Release NELP Denounces Senate Action on the Laken Riley Act, a Threat to Immigrant Workers and Job Standards The bill cynically manipulates a tragedy to criminalize and demonize immigrant communities. January 17, 2025
Press Clips Bloomberg Law: Franchisers Seize GOP Sweep as Opportunity on Joint Employer NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus discussed the latest effort to gut joint employer liability. February 3, 2025
News Release Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels in Another Outrageous Attack on Civil Rights and Rule of Law These firings mean the EEOC will not have a quorum and cannot take votes on policy or enforcement of civil rights laws. January 28, 2025
Press Clips AP: Firings, Freezes and Layoffs: A Look at Trump’s Moves Against Federal Employees and Programs Trump fired the NLRB's acting chair, Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve as an NLRB member. January 28, 2025
News Release In Unprecedented Attack on Workers and the Rule of Law, Trump Fires NLRB Member Wilcox President Trump has fired National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox in an unprecedented attack on workers and the rule of law. January 28, 2025
Press Clips AP: Fast Food Is a Staple of American Culture, but Some of Its Workers Struggle to Survive Millions of fast-food workers across the U.S.--two-thirds of them women--are scraping to get by. January 25, 2025
Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Because of your commitment and dedication, NELP is ready to face the challenges ahead with determination, hope, and a clear vision of a good-jobs economy for all. January 23, 2025
News Release Trump Abandons Six Decades of Progress on Workplace Discrimination Protections for Federal Contractors Trump administration has gutted protections ensuring women, people of color, and others are evaluated on their merits. January 22, 2025
Press Clips Huffington Post: Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted by LBJ in 1965 NELP's Judy Conti explained how Trump's move strips away a key tool in fighting discrimination. January 22, 2025
News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Immigration Plans, Calls for Solidarity with Immigrant Workers Trump's immigration plans threaten the safety, dignity, and livelihoods of millions of immigrant workers and their families. January 22, 2025
News Release NELP Denounces Senate Action on the Laken Riley Act, a Threat to Immigrant Workers and Job Standards The bill cynically manipulates a tragedy to criminalize and demonize immigrant communities. January 17, 2025
