Warehouse Employment Surges 14 Percent in the State, While Workers Continue to be Injured at High Rates
Emergency Measures Needed If Near-Term Economic Downturn Occurs
NELP believes in workers’ right to strike as a fundamental democratic principle.
Such programs must promote worker mobility and strengthen economic security and not weaken existing labor rights.
It’s an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates, threatening to throw the economy into recession.
Congress must act to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times.
The bill would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation.
5.9 million workers were unemployed in February, an increase of 242,000 from the prior month.
A concerning new trend is the increase in the percentage of workers reporting that they worked multiple jobs.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced new guidance on the agency’s procedures for granting temporary immigration relief and work authorization(…)
The U.S. Department of Labor’s final monthly jobs report of 2022 revealed that 4.5 million jobs were added and the(…)
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule to ban non-compete contracts for all(…)
Radical shifts for Black women workers mean building new narratives centered on abundance, dignity, and collective liberation.
“Before the next recession, Congress must act with urgency and implement permanent, structural reform of the unemployment insurance system.”
The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S.
Despite continued job gains, the number of unemployed workers increased by 306,000.
The DOL has taken a significant step forward in ensuring all people who work for someone else have access to(…)
We cannot simply accept the deep racial disparities that continue to mark employment—and unemployment—in the U.S.
New York labor officials are proposing a $1 increase in the minimum wage for counties north of Westchester. If given(…)
Audit testing can proactively identify discrimination in the hiring process – public agencies should use it.
The UI Policy Hub offers resources to improve state UI programs and strengthen economic security for workers and their families.
Nearly three million workers are seriously injured on the job every year.
More workers than ever are struggling to get by on low-wage jobs.
A conviction in one’s past shouldn’t be a life sentence to joblessness.
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