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 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 News Release December Jobs Report: Steady Job Growth as Workers Face New Year Threats The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% and the economy added 256,000 jobs. But proposals to roll back workers' rights may endanger workers' gains. January 10, 2025 Blog 2024 Impact Report: 55 Years of Fighting for Workers For 55 years, NELP has been there at critical junctures for the workers’ rights movement and maintained our commitment to building a good-jobs economy. January 9, 2025 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 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
News Release December Jobs Report: Steady Job Growth as Workers Face New Year Threats The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% and the economy added 256,000 jobs. But proposals to roll back workers' rights may endanger workers' gains. January 10, 2025
Blog 2024 Impact Report: 55 Years of Fighting for Workers For 55 years, NELP has been there at critical junctures for the workers’ rights movement and maintained our commitment to building a good-jobs economy. January 9, 2025
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
