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 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 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
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
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
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
