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 COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020 Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020 Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020 Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020 News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 2020 Blog Worker Health Is Public Health The federal government is failing to ensure the safety and health of front line workers. April 1, 2020 News Release Statement on Historic Unemployment Claims Report March 26, 2020 States must use this moment to ensure their UI program can meet the demands of this moment, both by ensuring access to the systems and robust benefits for all. March 27, 2020 Blog Guest Blog: To Protect the Public, Lawmakers Must Help Keep Healthcare Workers Safe Our lawmakers can and must take steps now to avert this threat. March 27, 2020 News Release New York’s Highest Court Rules Postmates Couriers ‘And Others Similarly Situated’ Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Insurance This landmark decision is especially timely and important in light of the COVID-19 crisis. March 27, 2020 News Release NELP Commends Relief for Workers in Coronavirus Package, Calls for More to Be Done NELP commends the workers, advocates, and legislators who secured this support, and we call for more to be done. March 26, 2020
Press Clips The Guardian: Trump Vowed to Champion US Workers—the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault
Blog COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance: An Interview with Rebecca Dixon The interview focused on unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020
Press Clips C-SPAN: Employment Assistance & Coronavirus Pandemic NELP Senior Policy Analyst Michele Evermore discusses unemployment insurance amid the coronavirus pandemic. April 8, 2020
Blog How To Improve the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Application Process The federal Worker Training and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act, or state level WARN acts could help streamline UI. April 8, 2020
Blog Grocery Store Workers Need Frontline Protections Grocery workers are being infected, and some are dying, because of lax protections. April 8, 2020
News Release On the Unemployment Weekly Claims Report for April 2, 2020 More than 6.6 million people filed for unemployment last week—another shocking record high. April 2, 2020
Blog Worker Health Is Public Health The federal government is failing to ensure the safety and health of front line workers. April 1, 2020
News Release Statement on Historic Unemployment Claims Report March 26, 2020 States must use this moment to ensure their UI program can meet the demands of this moment, both by ensuring access to the systems and robust benefits for all. March 27, 2020
Blog Guest Blog: To Protect the Public, Lawmakers Must Help Keep Healthcare Workers Safe Our lawmakers can and must take steps now to avert this threat. March 27, 2020
News Release New York’s Highest Court Rules Postmates Couriers ‘And Others Similarly Situated’ Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Insurance This landmark decision is especially timely and important in light of the COVID-19 crisis. March 27, 2020
News Release NELP Commends Relief for Workers in Coronavirus Package, Calls for More to Be Done NELP commends the workers, advocates, and legislators who secured this support, and we call for more to be done. March 26, 2020
