Home Newsroom Newsroom Get the latest news from our blogs, op-eds, news releases, and clips. Featured News Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault News Release NELP Condemns Trump’s Firing of Thousands of Federal Workers Blog Clear, Grounded, and Resolved: Rising Above the Chaos of the Trump Administration Blog MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025 Search Filters Topic Type Series Date News Release Record Number of Cities, States will Increase Minimum Wages in 2023 After 10th anniversary of Fight for $15, raises signal that worker organizing has been effective amid pandemic recovery and record inflation. December 22, 2022 Blog Addressing Occupational Segregation Means Centering Black Women Workers Radical shifts for Black women workers mean building new narratives centered on abundance, dignity, and collective liberation. December 13, 2022 Press Clips CNBC: In the U.S., you can legally ‘be fired for any reason or no reason at all’—here’s why Tech companies have been making headlines lately for laying off hundreds and even thousands of employees. December 7, 2022 Press Clips Vox: We forgot to fix unemployment insurance yet again Layoffs are hitting tech and media. A recession may be looming. What happens to everyone who loses their job? December 6, 2022 News Release November Jobs Report: As Job Growth Continues, Fixing Unemployment Insurance Remains an Urgent Priority “Before the next recession, Congress must act with urgency and implement permanent, structural reform of the unemployment insurance system.” December 2, 2022 News Release Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S. November 29, 2022 Press Clips The Guardian: ‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals November 23, 2022 Press Clips Slate: Child Labor Has Made a Comeback A gruesome case at meatpacking plants is but one example. November 16, 2022 Press Clips CalMatters: To fight wage theft California gets strong assist from worker centers As California investigates businesses for wage theft, worker centers act as behind-the-scenes allies, helping convince employees to cooperate. November 15, 2022 Blog Workers Demand True Flexibility with Full Employment Protections Workers' demands and organizing efforts will deliver true flexibility and economic security. November 7, 2022
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
News Release Record Number of Cities, States will Increase Minimum Wages in 2023 After 10th anniversary of Fight for $15, raises signal that worker organizing has been effective amid pandemic recovery and record inflation. December 22, 2022
Blog Addressing Occupational Segregation Means Centering Black Women Workers Radical shifts for Black women workers mean building new narratives centered on abundance, dignity, and collective liberation. December 13, 2022
Press Clips CNBC: In the U.S., you can legally ‘be fired for any reason or no reason at all’—here’s why Tech companies have been making headlines lately for laying off hundreds and even thousands of employees. December 7, 2022
Press Clips Vox: We forgot to fix unemployment insurance yet again Layoffs are hitting tech and media. A recession may be looming. What happens to everyone who loses their job? December 6, 2022
News Release November Jobs Report: As Job Growth Continues, Fixing Unemployment Insurance Remains an Urgent Priority “Before the next recession, Congress must act with urgency and implement permanent, structural reform of the unemployment insurance system.” December 2, 2022
News Release Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S. November 29, 2022
Press Clips The Guardian: ‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights on new goals November 23, 2022
Press Clips Slate: Child Labor Has Made a Comeback A gruesome case at meatpacking plants is but one example. November 16, 2022
Press Clips CalMatters: To fight wage theft California gets strong assist from worker centers As California investigates businesses for wage theft, worker centers act as behind-the-scenes allies, helping convince employees to cooperate. November 15, 2022
Blog Workers Demand True Flexibility with Full Employment Protections Workers' demands and organizing efforts will deliver true flexibility and economic security. November 7, 2022
