New York, NY—The worker-of-color-led Fight for $15 and a union movement has won $150 billion in raises for 26 million workers to date, according to a new report from National Employment Law Project (NELP). Twelve million of the 26 million impacted workers (46 percent) are Black, Latinx, or Asian American; and of
This month’s jobs report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, continues to tell the story of an uneven labor market recovery rife with longstanding inequities. In this context, the National Employment Law Project (NELP) is dedicated to transforming the system and paving the way for a more just economy that meets the
Affordable, available child care was a major problem for many U.S. families even before the coronavirus pandemic—and now it’s a crisis. President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have plans to fix that if Senate Republicans will get out of the way, or Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will get on
Facing deadly heat waves and few protections, undocumented agricultural workers are being pushed to their limit. In July 2020, Claudia Durán felt compelled to complete her shift harvesting blueberries in the fields of Allegan County, Mich., before driving to the local hospital’s emergency room to be treated for dehydration, where she
Striking mine workers in Alabama bring together the whole wide world. To get to the big ballpark in Brookwood, Alabama, you drive down the Miners Memorial Parkway The road goes by the local headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and close to the Miners Memorial monument, which
The year 2023, when the UPS contract expires, seems like a long way off—but in the complex world of contract negotiation, it’s just around the corner. In the 24 years since the 1997 strike, UPS has become the poster child for corporate greed—demanding more and more from its employees in a
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