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The bill would ensure that immigrant workers can assert their workplace rights without fear of immigration-based retaliation.
Posted March 28, 2023 Read More5.9 million workers were unemployed in February, an increase of 242,000 from the prior month.
Posted March 10, 2023 Read MoreSu has a proven track record of advancing racial and economic justice for workers.
Posted February 28, 2023 Read MoreA concerning new trend is the increase in the percentage of workers reporting that they worked multiple jobs.
Posted February 3, 2023 Read MoreHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced new guidance on the agency’s procedures for granting temporary immigration relief and work authorization(…)
Posted January 13, 2023 Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s final monthly jobs report of 2022 revealed that 4.5 million jobs were added and the(…)
Posted January 6, 2023 Read MoreThe National Employment Law Project (NELP) applauds the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule to ban non-compete contracts for all(…)
Posted January 5, 2023 Read MoreRadical shifts for Black women workers mean building new narratives centered on abundance, dignity, and collective liberation.
Posted December 13, 2022 Read More“Before the next recession, Congress must act with urgency and implement permanent, structural reform of the unemployment insurance system.”
Posted December 2, 2022 Read MoreThe Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S.
Posted November 29, 2022 Read MoreDespite continued job gains, the number of unemployed workers increased by 306,000.
Posted November 4, 2022 Read MoreThe DOL has taken a significant step forward in ensuring all people who work for someone else have access to(…)
Posted October 11, 2022 Read MoreWe cannot simply accept the deep racial disparities that continue to mark employment—and unemployment—in the U.S.
Posted October 7, 2022 Read MoreNew York labor officials are proposing a $1 increase in the minimum wage for counties north of Westchester. If given(…)
via Spectrum News 1, October 3, 2022 Read MoreAudit testing can proactively identify discrimination in the hiring process – public agencies should use it.
Posted September 14, 2022 Read MoreA new analysis of just-released Supplemental Poverty Measure data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that unemployment insurance (UI) benefits,(…)
Posted September 13, 2022 Read MoreLast month saw a troubling rise in unemployment for workers of color.
Posted September 2, 2022 Read MoreActivists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
via Truthout, August 18, 2022 Read MoreNearly 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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