Home Insights & Research Insights & Research Dive deeper into the issues with our expert research and analyses. Featured Insights Report 2025 Impact Report: Strengthening Our Movement Together Policy & Data Brief 2026 Policy and Advocacy Agenda: Anchoring Hope in Collective Action Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 Search Filters Topic Type Language Series Date Testimony In Support of H.B. 1484, to Raise New Hampshire’s Minimum Wage to $17 per Hour by 2029 NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified before the Labor Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. February 3, 2026 Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda How the Mamdani administration and the next City Council can tackle the affordability crisis with good jobs that help New Yorkers thrive. December 11, 2025 Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 68 cities, counties, and states will raise minimum wages on Jan. 1, with 26 more lifting pay later in 2026. December 3, 2025 Policy & Data Brief The Case for Eliminating the Subminimum Tipped Wage in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe's mayor proposes raising the city's wage floor from $15 to $17.50 by 2027, but the proposal leaves tipped workers behind. October 15, 2025 Testimony In Opposition to Proposed Cuts or Delays to Minimum Wage Increases in Boulder County, Colorado NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified in opposition to proposed cuts or to minimum wage increases in Boulder County, Colorado. October 14, 2025 Amicus Brief Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina (Supreme Court of Washington State) NELP and partners urged the court to strike down the exclusion of live-in home care workers from the state's minimum wage protections. July 31, 2025 Fact Sheet Minimum Wage Basics: Local Minimum Wage Laws NELP’s Minimum Wage Basics series sheds light on key issues related to the minimum wage, drawing on the latest research and campaign developments. July 2, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter in Support of AB 248, Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers in California NELP supports California legislation to allow counties to pay incarcerated workers fairly for their work promoting dignity and financial stability. June 3, 2025 Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025 Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025
Testimony In Support of H.B. 1484, to Raise New Hampshire’s Minimum Wage to $17 per Hour by 2029 NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified before the Labor Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. February 3, 2026
Policy & Data Brief NELP’s New York City Worker Justice Agenda How the Mamdani administration and the next City Council can tackle the affordability crisis with good jobs that help New Yorkers thrive. December 11, 2025
Report Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 68 cities, counties, and states will raise minimum wages on Jan. 1, with 26 more lifting pay later in 2026. December 3, 2025
Policy & Data Brief The Case for Eliminating the Subminimum Tipped Wage in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe's mayor proposes raising the city's wage floor from $15 to $17.50 by 2027, but the proposal leaves tipped workers behind. October 15, 2025
Testimony In Opposition to Proposed Cuts or Delays to Minimum Wage Increases in Boulder County, Colorado NELP's Yannet Lathrop testified in opposition to proposed cuts or to minimum wage increases in Boulder County, Colorado. October 14, 2025
Amicus Brief Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina (Supreme Court of Washington State) NELP and partners urged the court to strike down the exclusion of live-in home care workers from the state's minimum wage protections. July 31, 2025
Fact Sheet Minimum Wage Basics: Local Minimum Wage Laws NELP’s Minimum Wage Basics series sheds light on key issues related to the minimum wage, drawing on the latest research and campaign developments. July 2, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter in Support of AB 248, Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers in California NELP supports California legislation to allow counties to pay incarcerated workers fairly for their work promoting dignity and financial stability. June 3, 2025
Testimony In Opposition to a Bill to Cut Tipped Workers’ Wage in Colorado Localities On February 20, 2025, Yannet Lathrop testified before a Colorado General Assembly committee to oppose a bill to slash tipped workers' base wage. February 20, 2025
Comments & Letters Letter to Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Efforts to Lower Tipped Workers’ Wages A bill before the governor would cut the wages of nearly 139,000 tipped workers in Michigan. February 18, 2025
