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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
News Release April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains It is an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve has chosen to continue raising interest rates, threatening to undercut these hard-won employment gains. May 5, 2023
Blog New Jersey’s Temp Workers Win! Temp workers need more protections and temp agencies need to be regulated. May 1, 2023
Press Clips News Tribune: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back Emergency paid sick and family leave, modernizing and expanding unemployment insurance rescued families and the U.S. economy. April 11, 2023
News Release March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance It’s critical that policymakers act to support the millions of jobless workers who are shut out of the unemployment insurance system. April 7, 2023
Press Clips HR Dive: California bill would ban most criminal background checks As of 2021, 37 states and more than 150 cities and counties have adopted ban-the-box laws. April 4, 2023
Blog Hustling Against Criminalization and Its Employment Black women, Black femmes, and Black queers in New Orleans hustle as a culture of resistance. April 3, 2023
Press Clips City & State: Opinion: We need a $21.25 minimum wage The Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, would increase the minimum wage to $21.25 by 2027. March 31, 2023
Press Clips The Fulcrum: COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back The government’s pandemic interventions had meaningful effects. March 30, 2023
News Release POWER ACT Would Strengthen Immigrant Worker Power & Raise Workplace Standards for All Workers The POWER Act would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation by their employers. March 28, 2023
Press Clips Politico: The minimum wage fight that will define the decade After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to gain ground on raising worker pay. March 22, 2023