May 10, 2022 — Catch NLAN, Temp Worker Justice (TWJ) & Temp Worker Union Alliance Project (TWUAP) in the May 10th installation of Tips For Temps, a four part workshop series. May 10th’s workshop is on Speaking Up & Protecting Yourself from Retaliation.
Read MoreAPRIL 22 2022 — Two Arizona advocacy organizations issued their support for Plaintiffs’ case concerning the early termination of pandemic unemployment benefits.
Read MoreOn May 2, 2022 at 7 pm EST, in observance of May Day, the Black Worker Policy Coalition, including National Black Worker Center, will officially launch the campaign to win a Black Worker Bill of Rights to ensure that Black workers across the country have dignity in work with safe, healthy, and equitable job conditions.
Read MoreJoin NLAN on Friday, May 6, 2022 at 12:30pm CST for Law & Organizing for Temp Workers, a legal training for organizers. The training will discuss the temporary staffing landscape, pertinent laws for workers’ rights, issue-spotting, law & organizing considerations and expanding temp worker rights. (with insights from NLAN’s Litigation Director, Chris Williams & Temp Worker Justice’ Digital Organizer, Tyler Cunning)
Read MoreAPRIL 13, 2022 — NLAN was proud to sign on as amici on National Women’s Law Center’s amicus brief supporting Massachusetts gig drivers. As they explain in their brief, gig companies in MA are misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, limiting their rights & protections under the law and particularly impacting women of color.
Read MoreAPRIL 4, 2022 — The legal fight over pandemic jobless aid that states cut short last year could be headed in a new direction as unemployed Texans argue that the U.S. Labor Department owes back-pay benefits—potentially to a million or more people nationwide. (Plaintiffs are represented by NLAN & partners.)
Read MoreMARCH 29, 2022 — Plaintiffs, represented by National Legal Advocacy and partners, urge the Arizona Court of Appeals to reverse the superior court’s decision and to extend FPUC benefits to eligible Arizonans.
Read MoreJoin NLAN and the National Coalition for Safety and Health (COSH) on Friday, April 1 for a legal training for organizers on OSHA. The training will cover OSHA laws and how OSHA action can be strategically used in a campaign to protect and advance worker health and safety. The training will be followed by NLAN’s Organizer Drop-In Hours.
Read MoreMARCH 23, 2022 — Join NLAN, Unemployed Workers United & New Mexico Legal Aid for tax-filing tips, information on the Child Tax Credit and more.
Read MoreMARCH 21, 2022 — Join NLAN & Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) for a Know Your Rights livestream on Instagram on Harassment, Discrimination & Social Media in restaurant workplaces.
Read MoreMARCH !5, 2022 — Plaintiffs, represented by NLAN and partners, urge the Court to deny the U.S. Government’s motion to dismiss their lawsuit and argue that the federal government had the obligation to provide PUA benefits to any covered individuals, even when states withdrew early from the program.
Read MoreFEBRUARY 28, 2022 — NBWC & NLAN are proud to announce the launch of BLACK, an initiative that provides educational resources, legal services, and support to Black people working in low-wage industries. Stay tuned for more!
Read MoreFEBRUARY 11, 2022 — Temp Worker Justice and other worker advocates filed an Amicus Brief on February 10, 2022 urging the NLRB to recognize the increasing fissuring of workplaces and adopt a broader test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor, thus providing greater protections to workers, particularly workers of color.
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2022 — National Legal Advocacy Network, Raise the Floor Alliance and National Employment Law Project filed an Amicus Brief arguing that corporate use of temporary staffing agencies can create a second-tier workforce, with no-poach and wage-fixing agreements exacerbating the poor working conditions of temporary staffing workers.
Read MoreJANUARY 31, 2022 — Chicago Workers Collaborative and Warehouse Workers for Justice thanks and acknowledges the leadership and advocacy of all partners, including the National Legal Advocacy Network and the Raise The Floor Alliance, for raising awareness of the tragic death of Adewale Ogunyemi, who died because of unsafe working conditions at Rich Production in Crest Hill on July 20th.
Read MoreJANUARY 26, 2022 — Join NLAN, Unemployed Workers United & Georgetown University Professor of Law Brian Galle to learn about filing your 2021 taxes if you received unemployment insurance benefits & more!
Read MoreJANUARY 24, 2022 — A worker advocacy group told a U.S. appeals court on Friday that it does not have to be an employee of Darden Restaurants Inc to bring a lawsuit claiming the company enables sex and race discrimination by paying low hourly wages to tipped workers.
Read MoreJANUARY 20, 2022 — Exclusive: Advocates have advanced a lawsuit against Darden, the nation’s largest full-service restaurant company, for racial and sexual discrimination as a result of paying tipped workers below the minimum wage.
Read MoreNOVEMBER 22, 2021 — The U.S. government has been hit with two proposed class actions seeking to hold it responsible for paying unemployment benefits under last year's COVID-19 relief law to residents of states that ended the benefits early.
Read MoreSEPTEMBER 7, 2021 — Thousands of unemployed Arizona workers are owed $2,400 in unemployment benefits because Gov. Doug Ducey illegally cut them off in July, a lawsuit filed in Maricopa County claims. The lawsuit argues that Ducey violated state law when he ended the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, which paid unemployed workers up to an additional $300 on top of their weekly benefit.
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