Category Archives: Uncategorized
NYC City Council Progressive Caucus to MFJ Management: Sever Ties with Jones Day
Thank you to the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council and Councilmember Ben Kallos for supporting our union ...
Union-LSNYC Agreements for Ensuring Safe Office Visits
LSNYC management and the Legal Services Staff Association union have been negotiating through the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the safety ...
Union & LSNYC Reach Agreement on Volunteer Pilot Project for Out-of-Home Work Assignments
12/23/2020 The Legal Services Staff Association and Legal Services NYC have reached agreement on a volunteer pilot project for out-of-home ...
Union & LSNYC Reach Agreement on Office Screening Procedures for Staff, Clients, & other Visitors
12/18/2020 The Legal Services Staff Association and Legal Services NYC have reached agreement on office screening procedures for staff, clients, ...
MFJ Shop Statement on Mobilization for Justice’s Relationship with Jones Day
The below letter was sent on November 30, 2020 via email to Tiffany Liston, Esq., MFJ Interim Executive Director, and ...
Legal Fellows at LSNYC Miscategorized as Temporary Employees, Should Be Permanent
Law students seeking legal fellowships at LSNYC should be aware of potential miscategorization of their employment. Our union has repeatedly ...
Union & LSNYC Reach Agreement on Covid Sick Leave Policy & Contract Tracing Policy
11/16/2020 The Legal Services Staff Association and Legal Services NYC have reached agreement on a Covid sick leave policy and ...
LSSA Testimony to State Assembly Judiciary Committee on Budget and Staffing Reductions in the Judiciary Branch
The following testimony was submitted to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary for their November 12, 2020 ...
LSSA COVID Survey Results of LSNYC Union Members
November 2020 The Legal Services Staff Association represents 468 union members at Legal Services NYC (LSNYC). In August 2020 we ...
Union & LSNYC Reach Agreement on Childcare, Eldercare, and Transportation Supports for In-Person Appearances and Virtual Proceedings
10/23/2020 The Legal Services Staff Association and Legal Services NYC have reached agreement on a bargaining process for issues related ...
New York’s Leading Labor Leaders Call On Albany To Enact The Emergency Housing Stability & Displacement Prevention Act
(September 25, 2020, NEW YORK, NY) – New York State’s leading labor unions – including the United Federation of Teachers; ...
Testimony of LSSA Vice President Ayla Trinidad to NY City Council Regarding Covid-19 & Evictions
Testimony of Ayla Trinidad, LSSA 2320 Vice President, to the New York City Council’s Committee on Housing & Buildings and ...
Union’s Proposal on Court Appearances and Other Out-of-Home Work Obligations
September 2, 2020 The union’s Covid committee puts forward the following proposal regarding court appearances and other out-of-home work obligations, ...
LSSA Testimony to NYS Senate Hearing on Courts & Covid
LSSA Union President Sonja Shield testified before the New York State Senate’s Judiciary, Codes and Housing, Construction and Community Development ...
Upcoming LSNYC Member Contract Ratification Vote
LSNYC members will be meeting to discuss and vote on the package of contract changes on Thursday July 23rd beginning ...
Statement of Legal Services Staff Association and the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys Opposing the Premature and Dangerous Opening of New York City Courts
July 9, 2020 For immediate release The unions representing attorneys and legal workers providing civil legal services to New York ...
Multi-Union Legal Services Statement In Opposition to the Reopening of Housing Court
July 6, 2020 We are unionized legal services unions and workers who represent tenants in New York City’s housing courts ...
Union’s Financial Proposal to LSNYC
June 18, 2020 It is imperative that we correct the inequalities in our step system. Our step system is systematically ...
Statement on the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision
June 18, 2020 Legal Services Staff Association Local 2320 is relieved that the Supreme Court has repudiated the Trump administration’s ...
An Open Letter from the Legal Services Staff Association 2320 concerning Urooj Rahman
June 18, 2020 An Open Letter from the Legal Services Staff Association 2320: We are members of the Legal Services ...
Union & LSNYC Reach Agreement on Covid Side Letter
7/14/2020 The Legal Services Staff Association and Legal Services NYC have reached agreement on a bargaining process for issues related ...
Supporting Black Lives & the Fight for Racial Justice
June 1, 2020 This weekend, cities across the United States erupted in protest to demand justice for the racist murders ...
Statement in Support of Amending the Practice Order for Law Graduates Working for Legal Services Organizations and Government
May 13, 2020 The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (UAW Local 2325) and The Legal Services Staff Association (UAW Local ...
NYC Right to Counsel Union Taskforce Issues Guiding Principles for How Right to Counsel Should be Funded & Implemented
May 6, 2020 The NYC Right to Counsel Union Taskforce represents members of Legal Services Staff Association (NOLSW/UAW 2320), the ...