History repeated itself as hundreds of miners spilled out of buses in June and July to leaflet the Manhattan offices of asset manager BlackRock, the largest shareholder in the mining company Warrior Met Coal. Some had traveled from the pine woods of Brookwood, Alabama, where 1,100 coal miners have been
A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has recommended a rerun of the union election that Alabama Amazon warehouse workers lost by more than 2 to 1 in April. The hearing officer sided with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which argued that Amazon had interfered with a fair
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
Learn what evidence proves workplace discrimination, how direct and circumstantial proof differ, and how to document age bias before deadlines pass.
No federal law bans general workplace bullying, but harassment tied to a protected trait is illegal. Learn what the law covers, how to report, and your deadlines.
Know your union organizing rights under the NLRA: what you can do, what employers cannot, how to start a union, and how to file a charge in time.
Federal law sets no immediate deadline for a final paycheck. Learn how state rules differ, what the check must include, and how to act if it is late.
Learn when U.S. employers use last chance agreements, what terms to review, which EEOC rights cannot be waived, and how employees and union reps can respond.
Learn how U.S. unpaid internship laws apply, what the seven factor test examines, how state rules differ, and where interns can seek remedies.
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