National Employment Law Project

Earlier this week, we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy—a vision of justice, equality, and opportunity for all. NELP is ready to meet the challenges of 2025, continuing to fight for real, lasting change. The road may look different than we imagined, but building a #GoodJobsEconomy for all is still our North Star. Read our President and CEO Rebecca Dixon’s blog,?"MLK’s Dream vs. Trump-Era Policies: Advancing Workers’ Rights in 2025,"?to learn how we are pushing forward for systemic change and workers’ rights:?https://lnkd.in/eiq5qy4N Together, we rise.?? #GoodJobsEconomy #1u #Resist #WorkersRights

The #TrumpAdministration's executive order stripping collective bargaining rights from #FederalWorkers is a clear attack against #workers resisting #Project2025's destructive agenda. AFGE's statement breaks down how this EO harms #veterans and erodes #WorkerRights. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eRAFFXwJ

In moments of crisis, strong #leadership matters. Our Communications Director Monica Novoa ensures NELP shows up with clarity, care, and strategy—centering #workers and #equity every step of the way. Read more on #CrisisCommunications #BestPractices in this blog by Farra Trompeter and Big Duck here: https://lnkd.in/dXeQYZe6

Women #workers face higher rates of gender-based harassment and #WageTheft on the job. With the right resources, attorneys can connect women #workers with resources to exercise their right to a safe workplace. As #WomensHistoryMonth comes to a close, be sure to check out the recording of our joint #webinar with the National Women's Law Center on how to effectively track these workplace issues: https://lnkd.in/eeqxJSUb #WHM2025

NELP joined the National Women's Law Center, the National Partnership for Women & Families, The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and other #CivilRights and #WorkersRights-based orgs in condemning EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas' attempts to intimidate law firms into abandoning their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The intended chilling effect on employers is likely to impact #workers far beyond the legal profession. "In an economy with vast wealth inequality and persistent occupational segregation, the EEOC should encourage employers to adopt practices that help them reduce barriers to opportunity, level the playing field for all workers, and uphold their obligations under civil rights laws.” Read the full statement on the NWLC website: https://lnkd.in/ebeRNPzT

Structural racism concentrates Black #women in underpaid and undervalued professions and industries. We take inspiration from Black women who fight for dignity on the job – a pattern that continued with their leadership in the #FightFor15 movement. Revisit this piece calling for the federal #MinimumWage to be raised to $15, a shift that would benefit working families of color: https://lnkd.in/e5reDTWG #WHM2025 #WomensHistoryMonth

What causes the #WageGap to keep gappin’ year after year? ?? Gender & racial discrimination, harassment at work, job segregation, and a lack of policies that support families and caregiving all keep the wage gap alive. This #EqualPayDay, read National Partnership for Women & Families' fact sheet on how closing the wage gap would increase women's economic mobility?? https://lnkd.in/e4Je7am3 #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2025

In a?House public hearing for the bill, supporters shared how they think this bill would even the playing field for workers trying to exercise their rights. “?Striking #workers and their families deserve the same financial support and should not be pushed into poverty for exercising their legally protected right to strike to obtain good jobs,” said Alexa Tapia with the National Employment Law Project. Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/gdvAR-wP

Portable benefits help empower #workers to leave a job for a better one without losing benefits. But corporations are co-opting the term “portable benefits” for corporate programs that are neither portable nor benefits. Learn why these programs are problematic and how we can develop true portable benefits programs in our new factsheet: https://lnkd.in/dFci7tmf #PortableBenefits?

Structural racism concentrates Black women in underpaid and undervalued professions and industries. We take inspiration from Black women who fight for dignity on the job – a pattern that continued with their leadership in the #FightFor15 movement. Revisit this piece calling for the federal #MinimumWage to be raised to $15, a shift that would benefit working families of color: https://lnkd.in/e5reDTWG #WHM2025 #WomensHistoryMonth