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2003 MFY Strike
LIFE’S WORK; Paycheck Goes, and the Dominoes Fall
New York Times, November 23, 2003
Laying Down the Law: MFY Attorneys on Strike
City Limits, November 10, 2003
Bed-Stuy Dispute
Labor Dispute in an Odd Setting
New York Times, March 9, 1997
No Power of Attorney
City Limits, September 1, 1998
1993 LSNY Strike
Legal Services Lawyers End Three Week Strike
New York Times, December 26, 1993
NYC Civil Lawyers End Strike
Rockland Journal-News, December 26, 1993
1991 LSNY Strike
Union Wins Huge Wage Hike for Legal Services Workers
New York Amsterdam News, July 27, 1991
Lawyers Win 18% Raise in Legal Services Pact
New York Law Journal, July 22, 1991
Lawyers Who Deserved More Money
New York Times, July 20, 1991
Legal Service Workers Settle 15-Week Strike in New York
New York Times, July 20, 1991
Lawyer Strike Settled
Newsday, July 20, 1991
Striking Lawyers Eye Contract
Daily News, July 20, 1991
Time for a Day of Reckoning?
Daily News, July 19, 1991
Legal Services Sit-In at Cleary Ends in Arrests
New York Law Journal, July 18, 1991
Storefront Legal Clinic Seized by Strikers
Daily News, July 18, 1991
Striking Lawyers Take Over Building
Newsday, July 18, 1991
Little Defense for Poor Tenants As Legal Services Strike Persists
New York Times, July 15, 1991
Legal Services Workers Lobby for Homeless
New York Amsterdam News, July 13, 1991
Fill-Ins Eyed for Strikers
Daily News, July 11, 1991
Legal Services Lawyers Strike Puts Cases into Limbo
New York Times, April 21, 1991
Legal Services Attorneys Seek Better Pay, Benefits
New York Amsterdam News, April 13, 1991
Legal Services Lawyers Strike for Pay Raise
New York Law Journal, April 2, 1991
Local Jewish Poor Affected by Strike
Jewish Week, April 2, 1991
Legal Services Attorneys Threaten to Strike
New York Observer, April 1, 1991
Judge Commends Law Students For Giving Their Time to the Poor
Rockland Journal-News, February 24, 1991
Judge Acknowledges Student, Lawyer Protests
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, February 23, 1991
LSC Funding
Law Gets No Respect at Legal Services
New York Times, February 24, 1990
Legal Services Corp. Chief Resigns
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 9, 1985
1979-80 Strike
Lawyers End Strike
New York Amsterdam News, February 2, 1980
Legal Help Union Ends Long Strike
New York Times, January 30, 1980
Legal Services Strike Now in its 6th Week; Big Issues Unresolved
New York Times, December 20, 1979
Union Talks Could Restore Aid to Poor
New York Amsterdam News, December 8, 1979
Bargaining Talks Set for Monday In Strike by Legal Services Staff
New York Times, November 24, 1979
Legal Staff on Strike
New York Times, November 15, 1979
MFY Faces Cutbacks
The Westsider, January 3, 1979
Formation of National Union
Lawyers Use Unions to Get Day in Court
Washington Post, September 17, 1978
Trend to Unionization is Growing Among Nation’s Lawyers
Washington Post, September 5, 1978
Legal Aid Lawyers and Aides Hold a Meeting in Detroit to Organize a National Union
New York Times, June 11, 1978
1977 Strike
Legal Unit Ends Strike
New York Times, November 8, 1977
Legal Help Units Struck
New York Times, November 2, 1977
Legal Helpers on Strike
Newsday, November 2, 1977
Legal Services Staff to Strike
New York Times, November 1, 1977
Legal-Assistance Agency Picketed By Staff as It Observes 10th Year
New York Times, October 14, 1977
Early Actions
Beame Dismisses Officials, LSSA Objects to Staffing Cuts
New York Times, January 25, 1975
Anti-Poverty Lawyers Plan Job Action
New York Times, April 15, 1974