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Every worker deserves a good job, one that pays a living wage and includes robust benefits. NELP is leading the fight to make a good-jobs economy a reality.

Fact Sheet: Centering Job Quality for Workers with Records #FairChance #JobQuality A Black woman carpenter is at work sawing a table.
Why Women Need a Stronger Unemployment Insurance System Just 25 percent of unemployed women received UI benefits in the first half of 2025. #FixUI
Celebrating Black History Month: Centering Black worker stories of resistance in labor history Caption: Waffle House workers, organizing with the Union of Southern Service Workers, rally for safer working conditions and fair pay.
But a new brief from @nelp.org and @the75million.bsky.social finds a system built for male workers still excludes many women and compensates them less.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) "We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always right to do right."
Donate now and help us fuel lasting change for workers. A young woman of color wears a shirt that reads "Fair Pay and Safe Jobs for Amazon Teamsters."
Happy Holidays NELP wishes all workers and their families a safe and restful holiday season.
NELP Staff Attorney Dan Ocampo speaks at NYC City Hall in support of Intros 276 and 1332, which give app-based workers just cause protections against unfair deactivations.
Donate today and help us secure more state-level wins for workers. A group of workers hold a sign that reads "Benefits Now."
Raises from Coast to Coast in 2026 68 Cities, Counties, and States Will Raise Minimum Wages on January 1, with 26 More Lifting Pay Later in 2026
Take Action Now to Pass The Empowering App-Based Workers Act Tell your representatives: support app-based workers' demands for increased transparency and higher pay by passing the Empowering App-Based Workers Act.
NELP's Laura Padin explains that the Empowering App-Based Workers Act will provide guardrails to stop corporations from using personal data to pay workers different wages, during a press conference at the US Capitol.
Laura Padin, NELP's Senior Director of Work Structures, speaks about how corporations make app-based workers compete against each other and drive down wages using on a blustery day at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Laura Padin, Senior Director of Work Structures, speaks fiercely about the reality of app-based work at the House introduction of the Empowering App-Based Workers Act press conference in Washington DC.
Join us in Washington D.C. for the #USHouse Introduction of The Empowering App-Based Workers Act Thursday, 12/11/2025 @ 1 PM Location: House Triangle @ The U.S. Capitol The bill will: - Guarantee drivers 75% of each fare - Expose how pay is decided - Ensure equal pay for equal work - Require pay statements and receipts
Help us defend workers from ongoing attacks. A Black woman AFGE (American Federation of Governmental Employees) member holds a blue sign that reads, "Respect Federal Employees."
Policy Brief The Case for Private Enforcement of Workers' Rights Ensuring Workers Can Enforce Their Rights in Court by Cassandra Gomez Three women work on a case in a legal clinic.
“These wages basically mitigate the effects of inflation, the effects of the rising cost of living, and the difficulties so many people are having paying for basics, for food, for housing, for medicine—just the basics of life.” —Yannet Lathrop Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst, NELP From ‘Dozens of cities, states hiking minimum wages in 2026 amid federal inaction’, Stateline, December 3, 2025
Join us in building a better future for all workers.
Join us in building a better future for all workers.
Blog Blog Blog Advocacy in Action: App-Based Workers Are Building Power to Hold Corporations Accountable The image depicts a Los Deliveristas Unidos rally. In the foreground, two Los Deliveristas workers speak into a megaphone.
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Visit NELP's Worker Policy Watch.
Visit NELP's Worker Policy Watch.
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It's time to fix unemployment insurance. #FixUI A group of workers holding signs related to fixing unemployment insurance. Photo credit: Joe Piette.
Visit NELP's Worker Policy Watch.
Don't let the Dept of Labor Gut Care Worker Rights! National Domestic Workers' Alliance
When 'Bossware' Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses. #StopBossware A Black woman working at a call center. She is wearing a headset and working on a computer.
Visit NELP's Worker Policy Watch.
NELP Job Openings: - Vice President of Programs and Strategy New York City, Washington, D.C., or Berkeley, CA - Director of Southwest Campaign Strategy Southwest (AZ or NM preferred) - Director of Midwest Campaign Strategy Midwest (IL or MI preferred) - Chief People Officer New York City, Washington, D.C., or Berkeley, CA
Read border graphic from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) titled “Delivering Precarity: How the Amazon Flex Labor Model Harms Workers and What to Do About It.” On the left, a red-tinted photo shows people holding a protest banner reading "LOS ABUSOS AMAZON." On the right, a quote reads: “Amazon owes me 145 unpaid tolls from my time driving for Amazon Flex, just in 2024, amounting to about \$2,320… I’ve got two kids in college and can’t afford that Amazon continues refusing to pay me.” —Ze, Flex driver in New Jersey. At the top right, a red button reads “bit.ly/AmazonFlexHarms.”
NELP Job Openings: - Vice President of Programs and Strategy New York City, Washington, D.C., or Berkeley, CA - Director of Southwest Campaign Strategy Southwest (AZ or NM preferred) - Director of Midwest Campaign Strategy Midwest (IL or MI preferred) - Chief People Officer New York City, Washington, D.C., or Berkeley, CA
It's time to fix unemployment insurance #FixUI
screenshot of newsclip by Liza Gross June 17, 2025. Headline: US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms. Ahead of a hotter summer, activists call for immediate action to protect workers from deadly temperatures. "We shouldn't be waiting for Donald Trump," one said.
Black mother with dreadlocks smiles while holding a baby in a yellow top and both are facing the camera. Image copy: Happy Juneteenth. Celebrate Juneteenth by fighting for Black workers’ rights!
Collage of actions advocating for heat standards in Washington DC, Trenton, NJ, Phoenix, AZ, and Lansing, MI during Heat Justice week on Tuesday, June 17.
HeatJusticeNow.org shares the "Heat Justice for Workers Action" in Washington DC on June 17 from 1pm to 2pm. Meet at 3rd Street NW and Constitution Ave NW.
Fired Up for Heat Justice: Protect Workers from Extreme Heat Now! Albany, NY - NYCOSH Join advocates, workers, and allies in demanding a permanent, enforceable Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard that protects all indoor and outdoor workers nationwide. #FiredUp #HeatWeek #HeatJustice
Collage of images showing a farmworker in a wide-brimmed straw hat, purple bandana face covering, and red plaid shirt working in a field. The worker is shown bending over plants, clapping gloved hands, and standing upright under the sun. Aerial image shows them working alone among rows of green crops. Text on the image reads: “Protect Workers Now!” and “Heat Justice for Workers.” Logo of an orange sun with a black clenched fist in the center. Website at the bottom reads: HeatJusticeNow.org. Photo credit: Cuentos Film.
It's the technology behind app-based work that makes it possible for workers to have increased flexibility. But that does not make us "independent contractors." - Erica Mighetto, Portland Drivers United
Heat Justice for Workers: Week of Action to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat Tuesday, June 17th, 12 pm - 1 pm 3rd St NW and Constitution Ave NW heatjusticenow.org On the top right corner is an image of workers from WeCount participating in an action.
Take Action: tell your representative to restore all NIOSH staff immediately. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. An AAPI woman in 3/4 profile, wearing a high-visibility jacket in a warehouse, holds a walkie-talkie.
Worker Policy Watch Update: Trump's Labor Department Cancels State Unemployment Modernization Grants bit.ly/NELP-WPW