WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions issued the following testimony by
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I am Rebecca Dixon, Executive Director of the National Employment Law Project (NELP).
NELP is a nonprofit research, policy, and capacity building organization that for more than 50 years has sought to strengthen protections and build power for workers in the U.S., including workers who are unemployed. For decades, NELP has researched and advocated for policies that create good jobs, expand access to work, and strengthen protections and support for underpaid and jobless workers both in the workplace and when they are displaced from work. Our primary goals are to build worker power, dismantle structural racism, and ensure economic security for all.
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