www.epi.org/holding-the-line-state-solutions-to-the-u-s-worker-rights-crisis/

Information from the Economic Policy Institute

August 2025

Economic Policy

Institute

Federal worker protections are under attack

Longstanding U.S. worker rights and protections are under acute threat. These include attempts to roll back standards that set a national floor for minimum wages, health and safety, nondiscrimination, unemployment insurance, and other rights and protections long taken for granted in most U.S. workplaces.