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2025Impact

Fact Sheet: What is Concerted Activity?

August 7, 2025
By NIWR

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, […]

Economic Dignity, Fact Sheet, Publication 2025Impact, concerted activities, fact sheet, featured, homepage

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, Policy Brief, Publication 2025Impact, DEI, Discrimination, feature two

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 & […]

Corporate Accountability 2025Impact, DEI, Discrimination, feature two, nlrb

NIWR and LatinoJustice Urge CalPERS to Divest from Tesla

April 16, 2025
By NIWR

State Controller of CaliforniaSacramento, CA Re: Divestment from Tesla, Inc. Dear Controller Cohen, The National Institute for Workers’ Rights and LatinoJustice PRLDEF write to follow up on our letter of […]

Corporate Accountability 2025Impact, DEI, featured, news

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NIWR and LatinoJustice Urge Teacher Retirement System of Texas to Divest from Tesla

April 16, 2025
By NIWR

Teacher Retirement System of Texas Board of TrusteesAustin, TX Re: Divestment from Tesla, Inc. Dear Trustees, The National Institute for Workers’ Rights and LatinoJustice PRLDEF write to follow up on […]

Corporate Accountability 2025Impact, DEI, featured, news

NIWR and NELA Warn Corporations Of Increased Liability Risk In Rolling Back Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Programs

April 8, 2025
By NIWR

Letters put Target, Meta, and Tractor Supply Co. on notice for liability in discrimination cases For Immediate ReleaseContact: Andrea Concord, Calif. – April 7, 2025 – Today, the National […]

Corporate Accountability, News 2025Impact, DEI, feature two, news

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