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Disparate Impact Civil Rights Claims: A Crucial Tool Under Attack

November 3, 2025

By Democracy Forward, NIWR, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Legal Defense Fund

Disparate impact claims have long helped dismantle unjust barriers to opportunity—ensuring fairer access to housing, education, and economic stability. But these vital civil rights protections are now under threat.

Fact Sheet: What is Concerted Activity?

August 7, 2025

By NIWR, Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee

Workers have the right to join together to improve their wages and working conditions, even without a union. This fact sheet, developed in partnership with the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, […]

Louisiana Bill Risks Increasing Discrimination and Liability for the State, NIWR Warns

June 17, 2025

By NIWR

On May 19, 2025, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote […]

Making Equal Opportunity Real: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Combat Workplace Discrimination

May 20, 2025

By NIWR

In his inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”[1] Subsequently, President Trump issued a series of executive […]

NLRB Charge Filed Against Skadden, Arps for Unfair Labor Practices

April 24, 2025

By NIWR

On April 24, the National Institute for Workers’ Rights (NIWR), NELA’s charitable public interest organization, filed an unfair labor practice charge against the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & […]

NIWR Files Unfair Labor Charge with NLRB Against Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

April 23, 2025

By NIWR, Jason Solomon, Abby Frerick

John D. Doyle, Jr.Regional DirectorNational Labor Relations BoardNew York, NY Dear Director Doyle, This letter is in support of the accompanying unfair labor practice charge against Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & […]

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