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 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 Blog Flex Drivers Are Winning the Right to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Misclassified delivery drivers are winning the right to unemployment insurance by challenging Amazon’s claim that they are independent contractors. November 18, 2024 Blog Uber’s Price-Gouging and What We Can Do About It Uber has reached record profitability by gouging both consumers and drivers. November 14, 2024 Press Clips The Guardian: ‘We Are Not Defeated’: US Labor Unions React to Harris Election Loss NELP's Rebecca Dixon vowed to keep up the fight for workers' rights and economic and social justice. November 6, 2024 News Release NELP on Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in 2024 Voters made their voices heard via state minimum wage ballot measures to raise wages and keep pace with rising living costs. November 6, 2024 News Release NELP Pledges to Fight for Workers’ Rights, Demand Corporate Accountability, and Pursue a Good-Jobs Economy Under Trump Administration In the wake of the election, NELP reaffirms its commitment to fighting for workers' rights and building a good-jobs economy. November 6, 2024 News Release October Jobs Report: Climate Disasters Contribute to Slowing Job Growth In October, communities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and beyond struggled with the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton. November 1, 2024 Press Clips Washington Post: Supreme Court Ignites Wave of Lawsuits Against Federal Regulations NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus spoke with WaPo about the corporate legal assault on government's ability to protect workers and the public. October 27, 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
Blog Flex Drivers Are Winning the Right to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Misclassified delivery drivers are winning the right to unemployment insurance by challenging Amazon’s claim that they are independent contractors. November 18, 2024
Blog Uber’s Price-Gouging and What We Can Do About It Uber has reached record profitability by gouging both consumers and drivers. November 14, 2024
Press Clips The Guardian: ‘We Are Not Defeated’: US Labor Unions React to Harris Election Loss NELP's Rebecca Dixon vowed to keep up the fight for workers' rights and economic and social justice. November 6, 2024
News Release NELP on Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in 2024 Voters made their voices heard via state minimum wage ballot measures to raise wages and keep pace with rising living costs. November 6, 2024
News Release NELP Pledges to Fight for Workers’ Rights, Demand Corporate Accountability, and Pursue a Good-Jobs Economy Under Trump Administration In the wake of the election, NELP reaffirms its commitment to fighting for workers' rights and building a good-jobs economy. November 6, 2024
News Release October Jobs Report: Climate Disasters Contribute to Slowing Job Growth In October, communities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and beyond struggled with the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton. November 1, 2024
Press Clips Washington Post: Supreme Court Ignites Wave of Lawsuits Against Federal Regulations NELP's Cathy Ruckelshaus spoke with WaPo about the corporate legal assault on government's ability to protect workers and the public. October 27, 2024
