Home Newsroom Newsroom Featured News News Release June Jobs Report: Working in Extreme Heat News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act Blog Gov. Newsom’s Wrong Decision to Carve Out Incarcerated Workers from Heat Standards Blog Q&A with Rebecca Dixon on Her Vision for a Good-Jobs Economy Search Filters Topic Type Series Date Blog Juneteenth and the Struggle for Workers’ Rights Black women’s labor is vital to everyone’s labor rights and freedom; we must center them in our struggle. June 19, 2020 Blog As Covid-19 Cases Rise in States that Rushed to Reopen, NELP Urges States to Protect All Workers and Prioritize Workers of Color Black, Indigenous, and people of color have been disproportionately affected by the disease and job loss. June 18, 2020 News Release NELP Applauds SCOTUS Ruling Denying Trump Administration’s Attempt to End DACA NELP joins in solidarity with immigrant communities who are organizing against the deportation apparatus and for long-term reform. June 18, 2020 News Release Ignoring CDC Guidance, USDA Allows 15 Poultry Plants to Raise Line Speeds, Putting Workers at Greater Risk of COVID and Injury Study reveals poor safety records of 15 plants that received line speed waivers in April. June 17, 2020 News Release NELP Applauds LGBTQ+ Movement’s Victory for Workers as SCOTUS Rules to Protect People Against Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity This is a watershed moment in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. June 15, 2020 News Release Black Workers See Higher Rates of Employer Retaliation for Raising COVID Safety Concerns Black workers were more likely to report that they or a colleague may have been punished for raising concerns. June 10, 2020 News Release We Must Fight for Black Lives June 3, 2020 News Release As States Rush to Reopen, 224 Groups Urge USDOL to Clarify Misleading Guidance on Workers’ Right to Unemployment When Refusing to Return to Dangerous Workplaces May 13, 2020 News Release President Trump’s Meatpacking Plant Executive Order Puts Thousands of Workers’ Lives at Risk How can the administration still not require meatpacking plants to implement the CDC's recommendations? April 29, 2020 News Release Report: Number of Federal Workplace Safety Inspectors Falls to 45-Year Low This Workers Memorial Day, NELP urges OSHA to ensure employers keep workers safe on the job. April 28, 2020
News Release On the U.S. Department of Labor’s Rule on How it Determines Independent Contractor or Employee Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Blog Juneteenth and the Struggle for Workers’ Rights Black women’s labor is vital to everyone’s labor rights and freedom; we must center them in our struggle. June 19, 2020
Blog As Covid-19 Cases Rise in States that Rushed to Reopen, NELP Urges States to Protect All Workers and Prioritize Workers of Color Black, Indigenous, and people of color have been disproportionately affected by the disease and job loss. June 18, 2020
News Release NELP Applauds SCOTUS Ruling Denying Trump Administration’s Attempt to End DACA NELP joins in solidarity with immigrant communities who are organizing against the deportation apparatus and for long-term reform. June 18, 2020
News Release Ignoring CDC Guidance, USDA Allows 15 Poultry Plants to Raise Line Speeds, Putting Workers at Greater Risk of COVID and Injury Study reveals poor safety records of 15 plants that received line speed waivers in April. June 17, 2020
News Release NELP Applauds LGBTQ+ Movement’s Victory for Workers as SCOTUS Rules to Protect People Against Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity This is a watershed moment in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. June 15, 2020
News Release Black Workers See Higher Rates of Employer Retaliation for Raising COVID Safety Concerns Black workers were more likely to report that they or a colleague may have been punished for raising concerns. June 10, 2020
News Release As States Rush to Reopen, 224 Groups Urge USDOL to Clarify Misleading Guidance on Workers’ Right to Unemployment When Refusing to Return to Dangerous Workplaces May 13, 2020
News Release President Trump’s Meatpacking Plant Executive Order Puts Thousands of Workers’ Lives at Risk How can the administration still not require meatpacking plants to implement the CDC's recommendations? April 29, 2020
News Release Report: Number of Federal Workplace Safety Inspectors Falls to 45-Year Low This Workers Memorial Day, NELP urges OSHA to ensure employers keep workers safe on the job. April 28, 2020