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 Blog How Antitrust Law Supports Workers’ Rights Worker misclassification makes it more difficult for honest employers to compete and should be considered an unfair trade practice. September 23, 2024 Press Clips Common Dreams: ‘When We Fight, We Win’: Amazon Boosts Pay as Workers Launch Bid for $25 an Hour NELP's Irene Tung discussed how Amazon lags behind other warehouse employers in pay—even though it can afford to pay workers much more. September 18, 2024 Blog 55 Years of Fighting for Racial and Economic Justice Learn about NELP's 55-year impact as a leading voice in the workers' rights movement. September 12, 2024 News Release August Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Signaling the Need to Cut Interest Rates and Fix Unemployment Insurance The evidence of a weakening job market is unmistakable. It is time to substantially lower interest rates and fix UI. September 6, 2024 Blog Defending Undocumented Workers’ Access to New Jersey Wage and Hour Protections Twelve immigrant and workers’ rights organizations and unions filed an amicus brief in Lopez v. Marmic LLC et al. defending undocumented workers’ rights. September 4, 2024 Press Clips Mother Jones: UPS Drivers Won ‘Historic Heat Protections.’ They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived Up to That Promise. NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with Mother Jones about how extreme heat is increasingly fueling labor disputes. August 26, 2024 News Release On Judge’s Decision to Block the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes in Employment Contracts NELP decries a federal court ruling blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete provisions in employment contracts. August 22, 2024 Press Clips New York Times: From Tips to TikTok, Trump Swaps Policies With Aim to Please Voters NELP's Paul Sonn spoke with the Times about Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal. August 9, 2024 Press Clips NPR: With No Federal Standard for Heat, States Are Making Their Own to Protect Workers NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with NPR about why it takes so long to update workplace safety laws. August 2, 2024 News Release On the Michigan Supreme Court Restoring a 2018 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative Increase The Michigan Supreme Court finds that the 2018 state legislature’s gutting of a popular minimum wage ballot initiative was unconstitutional. July 31, 2024
Blog How Antitrust Law Supports Workers’ Rights Worker misclassification makes it more difficult for honest employers to compete and should be considered an unfair trade practice. September 23, 2024
Press Clips Common Dreams: ‘When We Fight, We Win’: Amazon Boosts Pay as Workers Launch Bid for $25 an Hour NELP's Irene Tung discussed how Amazon lags behind other warehouse employers in pay—even though it can afford to pay workers much more. September 18, 2024
Blog 55 Years of Fighting for Racial and Economic Justice Learn about NELP's 55-year impact as a leading voice in the workers' rights movement. September 12, 2024
News Release August Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Signaling the Need to Cut Interest Rates and Fix Unemployment Insurance The evidence of a weakening job market is unmistakable. It is time to substantially lower interest rates and fix UI. September 6, 2024
Blog Defending Undocumented Workers’ Access to New Jersey Wage and Hour Protections Twelve immigrant and workers’ rights organizations and unions filed an amicus brief in Lopez v. Marmic LLC et al. defending undocumented workers’ rights. September 4, 2024
Press Clips Mother Jones: UPS Drivers Won ‘Historic Heat Protections.’ They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived Up to That Promise. NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with Mother Jones about how extreme heat is increasingly fueling labor disputes. August 26, 2024
News Release On Judge’s Decision to Block the FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes in Employment Contracts NELP decries a federal court ruling blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete provisions in employment contracts. August 22, 2024
Press Clips New York Times: From Tips to TikTok, Trump Swaps Policies With Aim to Please Voters NELP's Paul Sonn spoke with the Times about Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal. August 9, 2024
Press Clips NPR: With No Federal Standard for Heat, States Are Making Their Own to Protect Workers NELP's Anastasia Christman spoke with NPR about why it takes so long to update workplace safety laws. August 2, 2024
News Release On the Michigan Supreme Court Restoring a 2018 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative Increase The Michigan Supreme Court finds that the 2018 state legislature’s gutting of a popular minimum wage ballot initiative was unconstitutional. July 31, 2024
