• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
National Institute for Workers' Rights

National Institute for Workers' Rights

Dismantling Barriers to Justice

N.I.W.R.
  • Home
  • Focus Areas
    • Economic Dignity
    • Workplace Justice
    • The Future of Worker Advocacy
    • A Chef in a kitchen making hamburgers.Economic Dignity
    • The scales of justice in a congressional building.Workplace Justice
    • The Future of Worker Advocacy
  • Issues and Programs
    • Protect Working Families: Save the Overtime Rule
    • State Policy Clearinghouse
  • Support
    • Ways to Support Our Work
    • The Power of Cy Pres to Advance Workers’Rights
    • Support
      • Donate Now
      • Ways to Support Our Work
      • Your Legacy as an Advocate for Workers’ Rights
      • The Power of Cy Pres to Advance Workers’Rights
    • Get updates on employee rights in the news and in the courts!

      This field is hidden when viewing the form

      Next Steps: Sync an Email Add-On

      To get the most out of your form, we suggest that you sync this form with an email add-on. To learn more about your email add-on options, visit the following page (https://www.gravityforms.com/the-8-best-email-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2020/). Important: Delete this tip before you publish the form.
      Name(Required)
  • About
    • About the Institute
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • About Us
      • About the Institute
      • Board of Directors
      • Staff
    • Contact Us
      • National Institute for Workers' Rights
        1800 Sutter Street, Suite 210
        Concord, CA 94520

        Washington, DC Office
        C/O AFL-CIO
        815 Black Lives Matter Plaza NW
        Washington DC, 20006
        • (415) 296-7629
        • (866) 593-7521
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

Economic Dignity

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 […]

Economic Dignity, Focus Areas, Policy Brief, Publication DEI, Discrimination, featured

Protecting A Workers’ Right to Concerted Activities

April 8, 2025
By NIWR

Download Fact Sheet Both union and non-union employees have these rights under federal law: Some violations are obvious, like when an employer fires an outspoken union supporter. But violations in […]

Economic Dignity, Fact Sheet, Fact Sheet, Publication concerted activities, featured, homepage

The Institute, NELA, and A Better Balance File Fourth Circuit Amicus Brief on “Honest Belief”

December 10, 2024
By NIWR Blog

The National Institute for Workers’ Rights, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA),  and A Better Balance recently filed an amicus brief with the Fourth Circuit in the matter of Shipton v. […]

Amicus, Blog, Economic Dignity, Focus Areas, Issues, News featured, FMLA, Fourth Circuit, Honest Belief, news

Employers Risk Increased Liability by Backing Away from DEI Initiatives

October 21, 2024
By NIWR

In recent months, following legal and public attacks from opponents of equal opportunity and workplace inclusion, some companies have scaled back efforts to break down barriers to diversity and inclusion. […]

Economic Dignity, Focus Areas, News corporate accountability, DEI, news

NIWR and Latino Justice Urge Public Pension Funds to Support DEIA and Divest from Tesla

October 17, 2024
By NIWR

The National Institute for Workers’ Rights and Latino Justice have jointly urged three of the largest public pension funds—California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALPERS), New York City Employees’ Retirement System […]

Economic Dignity, News DEI, feature two

NIWR and Color of Change Request IRS Investigate Goldman Sachs for Potential Tax Compliance Issues

September 6, 2024
By NIWR

Edward KillenCommissioner, Tax Exempt & Government EntitiesInternal Revenue Service Sent via Email Download letter Dear Commissioner Killen: We write to ask you to investigate potential tax compliance issues by Goldman […]

Blog, Economic Dignity DEI, featured, IRS

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

National Institute for Workers' Rights Logo

The Institute
1800 Sutter Street, Suite 210
Concord, CA 94520
(415) 296-7629

Washington, DC Office
C/O AFL-CIO
815 Black Lives Matter Plaza NW
Washington DC, 20006

Email:
Fax: (866) 593-7521
E.I.N. 26-2270705

© 2023–2026 NIWR.
All rights reserved.