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NELA and NIWR Welcome Karen D. Woodard as Executive Director

October 8, 2026

By NIWR

After a thorough nationwide search, it is with great enthusiasm that we announce the appointment of Karen D. Woodard as the new Executive Director of the National Employment Lawyers Association […]

AI is Not the Boss of Me: A Meaningful Human Oversight Requirement for Workplace Decisions

August 11, 2026

By NIWR

Amazon’s software recommended terminations for warehouse workers whose productivity scores fell below algorithmically tracked thresholds.[1] Delivery drivers for the company also report being fired by an algorithm.[2] Those workers received […]

How to Organize Against Authoritarianism

May 1, 2026

By Abby Frerick, NIWR

Ask a worker organizer in Minneapolis what their rapid response network looks like and then ask an anti-ICE organizer in the same city the same question. You’ll get nearly identical […]

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, […]

The Right to Talk to Co-Workers and Management About Working Conditions: A Study of Enforcement at the NLRB

April 2, 2024

By NIWR

Executive Summary Download Executive Summary Both union and non-union employees have the right under federal law to engage in discussions with their colleagues about their terms and conditions of employment, […]

Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws in Education and Employment

October 11, 2023

By NIWR Blog

The print issue of our 2021 symposium on anti-discrimination law is out! The National Institute for Workers’ Rights joined with the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the […]

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