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 Blog Advancing Justice: Responses to Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S. Panel discussion event sponsored by Harvard University Asia Center. May 6, 2021 News Release NELP Welcomes DOL’s Withdrawal of Harmful Independent Contractor Rule The DOL rejected gig companies' false message that workers would somehow benefit from being left out of fundamental employment protections. May 5, 2021 News Release New Report: Just-Cause Reforms Broadly Popular, Offer Solutions to Workplace Racial Inequity Under at-will employment, most employers can legally fire workers without warning or explanation. We need to change that. April 30, 2021 News Release On Workers Memorial Day, NELP Urges Administration to Release Promised COVID Worker Protection Standards This standard is about keeping workers safe on the job and holding employers accountable if they cut corners. April 28, 2021 News Release On President Biden’s Executive Order Establishing a $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers This is an important first step to ensuring that all jobs paid with federal revenues are good jobs. April 27, 2021 Blog Dangerously Wrong: How the Gig Economy is a Structurally Racist System of Work A virtual briefing before Congressional staff on March 4, 2021, “Centering Workers of Color to Ensure Essential Rights in the App-Based Economy." April 23, 2021 News Release ABB, EPI, and NELP Release Toolkit for Advocates and Policymakers on Model Policies Local Governments Can Implement to Raise Standards for Frontline Workers During COVID and Beyond The four model policies would advance premium pay, paid sick days, COVID-19 worker health and safety, and protection against retaliation. April 7, 2021 Blog The Pandemic’s Impact on Workers and Looking Towards a Just Recovery NELP’s roadmap for a Just Recovery is based on our vision for bold structural change and our fall 2020 survey of workers on the COVID frontlines and those impacted. March 18, 2021 News Release On the Introduction of the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act to Protect Meatpacking Workers The bill would suspend and prohibit any line speed increases in meatpacking plants during the pandemic. March 11, 2021 News Release NELP Urges Immediate House Passage of COVID Rescue Plan to Get Resources to Workers Now Inadequate bill means Congress must raise the federal minimum wage and adopt systemic unemployment program reforms to help workers. March 6, 2021
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
Blog Advancing Justice: Responses to Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S. Panel discussion event sponsored by Harvard University Asia Center. May 6, 2021
News Release NELP Welcomes DOL’s Withdrawal of Harmful Independent Contractor Rule The DOL rejected gig companies' false message that workers would somehow benefit from being left out of fundamental employment protections. May 5, 2021
News Release New Report: Just-Cause Reforms Broadly Popular, Offer Solutions to Workplace Racial Inequity Under at-will employment, most employers can legally fire workers without warning or explanation. We need to change that. April 30, 2021
News Release On Workers Memorial Day, NELP Urges Administration to Release Promised COVID Worker Protection Standards This standard is about keeping workers safe on the job and holding employers accountable if they cut corners. April 28, 2021
News Release On President Biden’s Executive Order Establishing a $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers This is an important first step to ensuring that all jobs paid with federal revenues are good jobs. April 27, 2021
Blog Dangerously Wrong: How the Gig Economy is a Structurally Racist System of Work A virtual briefing before Congressional staff on March 4, 2021, “Centering Workers of Color to Ensure Essential Rights in the App-Based Economy." April 23, 2021
News Release ABB, EPI, and NELP Release Toolkit for Advocates and Policymakers on Model Policies Local Governments Can Implement to Raise Standards for Frontline Workers During COVID and Beyond The four model policies would advance premium pay, paid sick days, COVID-19 worker health and safety, and protection against retaliation. April 7, 2021
Blog The Pandemic’s Impact on Workers and Looking Towards a Just Recovery NELP’s roadmap for a Just Recovery is based on our vision for bold structural change and our fall 2020 survey of workers on the COVID frontlines and those impacted. March 18, 2021
News Release On the Introduction of the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act to Protect Meatpacking Workers The bill would suspend and prohibit any line speed increases in meatpacking plants during the pandemic. March 11, 2021
News Release NELP Urges Immediate House Passage of COVID Rescue Plan to Get Resources to Workers Now Inadequate bill means Congress must raise the federal minimum wage and adopt systemic unemployment program reforms to help workers. March 6, 2021
