DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized. Months after Elon Musk departed, Social Security is suffering extensive damage, with the cuts hitting local field offices the hardest. trib.al/FWZX3k7

From canceling union contracts to rolling back wage protections, the White House has left workers behind—resulting in layoffs and stalled wages. In the newest edition of The Thread, @newamerica.org Mary Alice McCarthy unpacks the labor costs of Trump’s economy. go.newamerica.org/labor-day-trump-5

Congress must pass the #FAIRAct to restore everyone’s rights to join together to hold big banks and corporations accountable when they cause harm to groups of workers or consumers. #EndForcedArbitration

Starting at 8:30am! @jayapal.house.gov hosts a shadow hearing to expose the lawlessness and harm of Trump’s mass deportation regime. @nilc.org.bsky.social with @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, are supporting two brave witnesses advocating for their loved ones. www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

Over half of workers are subject to a forced arbitration clause. That means over half of workers have had their right to choose to go to court stripped away. It’s time to #EndForcedArbitration and restore workers’ access to justice. www.nelp.org/insights-res...

This Thursday, 9/18, 8:30am: @jayapal.house.gov is hosting a shadow hearing to shine a light on the lawlessness and harm of Trump’s mass deportation regime. @nilc.org with @tnimmigrant.bsky.social, are supporting two brave witnesses advocating for their loved ones. www.youtube.com/live/m47GZMk...

As the FAMILY Act is being reintroduced today, we ask you to email your lawmakers and tell them to support this legislation to ensure that all workers can take the time they need without risking their job or income. #ForFAMILY #PaidLeaveForAll act.nationalpartnership.org/a/family-act

Today Rep @delauro.house.gov & Senator Gillibrand reintroduced the FAMILY Act! Just 27% of the workforce has paid family leave from their jobs. The FAMILY Act would address America’s paid leave crisis and benefit working people, families, and businesses. We’re #ForFAMILY #PaidLeaveForAll. 👏

24 years ago, first responders and healthcare workers showed what solidarity means—caring for the injured, comforting survivors, and standing strong in tragedy. Today and always, we honor their courage and resilience. #NeverForget #UnionStrong

On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, we honor the lives lost, the brave first responders, the resilient survivors, and the families who are still affected to this day. Their names, stories, and legacies must never be forgotten.

🚨 The Supreme Court just gave ICE the green light to racially profile and detain immigrant workers in Southern CA and beyond—especially targeting Latine and Indigenous workers. ✊🏾 NELP is in solidarity with workers organizing for dignity and safety. Read our statement ➡️ www.nelp.org/nelp-condemn...

Our monthly donors help strengthen our advocacy for a #GoodJobsEconomy. Join us before September 30 and we’ll welcome you into the fold with a NELP water bottle and sticker! Donate today: www.nelp.org/donate-now/

NEW: Today, 1 in 5 workers in the U.S. is trapped in their job by a noncompete clause. In January 2023, the FTC proposed a wildly popular rule banning these clauses. Now, it's in the hands of Trump's FTC. @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social of @rooseveltinstitute.org in @inequality.org:

Seems Trump would be happy to agree job growth was lower than previously measured in the Biden administration. Revisions come from dedicated BLS economists using science and transparency, not bc of political ends, as @elisegould.bsky.social and @benzipperer.org explain www.epi.org/blog/todays-...

Last week the Department of Labor received 5,000 comments from the public in response to the reversal of the 2013 rule that extended overtime and minimum wage protections to home care workers. Over 40 of those from our members, partners, and us. @nelp.org @seiu.org @seiupres.bsky.social

That's right. Doing central jersey proud! See you Friday for a screening of our documentary No Somos Máquinas and hear from folks about what New Labor has meant to them! 25 years of us fighting for improved conditions of work...can't stop won't stop! See you there. @nelp.org @njaij.bsky.social

It’s #JobsDay – In August the #unemployment rate rose to 4.3%. Job growth slowed significantly. We know this because of the integrity of career statisticians & economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). But we’re concerned independent data is now at risk. 🧵 www.nelp.org/august-jobs-...

This #LaborDay week, NELP is in solidarity with all #workers resisting the onslaught of federal actions that put the safety, just compensation, #CivilRights, & power of millions of workers at risk. Join us in this fight today: www.nelp.org/donate-now/ #GoodJobsEconomy #DonateNow

In 2015, after years of organizing✊🏽, home care #workers won federal #MinimumWage💵 & #overtime protections. Now the #TrumpAdministration wants to roll them back through rule changes⚠️

Labor Day: 70% of global workforce face serious health hazards from climate change. #ClimateJustice #LaborJustice ##EndFossilInvestments @feplaw.bsky.social @alt-dol.altgov.info @nelp.org @hrcberkeley.bsky.social @fortifyrights.bsky.social @stand.earth www.ilo.org/resource/new...

This #LaborDayWeekend, we honor the #workers who make our homes, families, and communities stronger. Among them are the nation’s three million home care workers—the majority women, people of color, and immigrants—who provide essential care to older adults and people with disabilities.

Seema Nanda, Solicitor of Labor in the Biden administration, lays out the high costs of Trump's effort to end essential labor protections for millions of homecare workers who provide critical services. msmagazine.com/2025/08/20/t... @domesticworkers.bsky.social @nelp.org @rdnayak.bsky.social

Created in the depths of the Great Depression, Social Security has safeguarded millions from poverty for 90 years. For its anniversary month, we’ve been sharing resources on its past, present, and future. Explore them all here ⤵️ #ProtectSocialSecurity rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

D.C. has invested $1.4B in affordable housing—too often built on worker exploitation. Our new report reveals misclassification, repeat offenders, and lax enforcement—and calls on the D.C. Council to act. Read: A Rotten Foundation hubs.la/Q03FQw9w0 #WageTheft #WLC #TogetherForJustice

The Department of Labor (DOL) is thinking about making a rule. The rule would stop many domestic workers from getting paid at least minimum wage. The rule would also stop many domestic workers from getting overtime pay. Take action with our plain language guide: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/figh...

This important piece from @whyy.org breaks down the increased risks farmworkers face from long-term #HeatExposure as the growing season gets longer due to #ClimateChange, and why #workers are participating in studies and actions to fight for #HeatProtections: whyy.org/segments/as-...

Read @danocampo.bsky.social’s @nydailynews.com op-ed urging the #NewYork City Council to override Eric Adams’ veto of fair wages for delivery #workers: www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/26/o...

New on #WorkerPolicyWatch: A Fifth Circuit Court judge ruled in the #ElonMusk #SpaceX case challenging the authority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s rulemaking that the #NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional. More on how this ruling impacts #workers: www.nelp.org/worker-polic...

We have become a two-party country: the cool versus the cooked. Those of us who can live in air conditioning are the cool. Workers who must survive unbearably hot conditions every day on the job are the cooked. And often the dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

With HB398, #Kentucky follows the antidemocratic precedent of #Florida & #Texas by “choosing to protect business interests over workers’ health & safety,” writes Alicia Race @ucs.org. Learn how #workers are continuing to fight for #HeatProtections here: blog.ucs.org/alicia-race/...

Imagine it being 88° before lunch time and already these farm workers have been working for several hours picking & packing grapes. Crews of up to 40 persons will share a 10 x 10 canopy when they need to cool down as the high with reach 94 on this day. #WeFeedYou #CALOR

"Savings accounts are no substitute for insurance-based benefits, like workers’ compensation and #unemployment insurance, that help people weather emergencies," writes @laurapadin.bsky.social at @thehill.com. Read her op-ed on the dangers of corporate #PortableBenefits: thehill.com/opinion/tech...

Deanna Gentry, a #UPS worker based in #Texas asks why, two years after signing a historic collective bargaining agreement mandating #HeatProtections, including air-conditioned trucks, #workers are still waiting. Read the full piece at @bloomberglaw.com: news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/union...

The cost-of-living crisis isn’t inevitable—it’s a policy choice. From childcare to food to energy, we lay out bold solutions to curb profiteering, expand public options, and build an economy that delivers stability, not scarcity. Learn more: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Read it and weep - and then let's commit to making change for fast food workers and all California workers!

#NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of two bills that would have established a #MinimumWage for grocery delivery #workers is not just bad for workers; it’s also “undermining his own administration’s work,” NELP’s @danocampo.bsky.social said to @documentedny.bsky.social: documentedny.com/2025/08/15/n...

The #DepartmentOfLabor is trying to quietly undo a major #CivilRights & #labor victory: they want to strip wage protections for home care #workers. This isn’t about cutting costs, it’s about erasing care workers. Tell the DOL: Care work is essential.

Did you know that on average, retired women receive 81 cents in Social Security retirement for every dollar paid to men? Jessica Mason with @nelp.org highlights three facts we should all know about Social Security at 90: nationalpartnership.org/social-secur...

We join with worker-leaders to mobilize for heat justice at the state & federal levels & to strengthen the movement’s infrastructure. In June, we rallied alongside partners in the Heat Justice Now! Coalition. Help us advocate for workplace heat protections by donating $25, $50, or $100 today.

We partner with worker & environmental organizations, public health officials, & others to advocate for state workplace heat standards so that all workers - indoor, outdoor, & incarcerated - have access to heat protections. Join us in the fight for heat justice on the job: www.nelp.org/donate-now

After years of organizing, delivery #workers got NY’s City Council to pass a law that expands the city’s minimum pay standard. Siding with corporate lobby groups, Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the bill. The City Council must override his veto and stand with the workers who keep #NYC running.

📣 App-based #workers are demanding fair pay and #transparency. A new bill would: ✅ Give drivers 75% of each fare ⚖️ Guarantee equal pay for equal work 🧾 Create pay transparency 📞 Call your senators + tell them to listen to workers: www.nelp.org/take-action/...

Workers won’t wait another decade for lifesaving #HeatProtections at work. While advocates and champions in Congress try to keep #OSHA accountable, #workers seek other levers to stay safe in the heat. Read more at @grist.org: grist.org/labor/federa...

As a federal heat rule becomes ever more unlikely, even in the best-case scenario #workers would still have to wait two years for #HeatProtections to go into effect. But workers can’t wait for #HeatJustice. Learn why @prospect.org: prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

Erika McEntarfer led the federal agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then President Trump lashed out over the agency’s most recent jobs report and fired her for releasing monthly data showing weak hiring. He called the data “rigged” without offering any evidence.

President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner is a direct assault on the foundations of a functioning government. It is a profoundly dangerous, undemocratic step that threatens our economy. Read our full statement: www.nelp.org/trumps-firin...

Today is a good day to strengthen unemployment insurance. States can act even if the federal government won’t: www.nelp.org/insights-res...

It’s #JobsDay – In July, the #unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. 73,000 jobs were added, yet these & other #workers face digital surveillance tools that help decide how they're evaluated, disciplined & paid. What does “bossware” mean for jobs & workers?   🧵 www.nelp.org/july-jobs-re...

Policymakers should study and pilot programs that foster partnerships between the labor sector and researchers, which can help technologists identify productivity bottlenecks, overlooked implementation challenges, and solve industry problems, @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social writes.

Over 170 million people are under heat alerts across the country. And get this: most workers still have to keep doing their jobs in this excessive heat. Tens of thousands of workers suffer from heat injuries every year in the U.S. We need worker protections NOW.