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Union Holds Bargaining Team Panel
April 23, 2019 Thank you to our veteran union members who tonight spoke on a panel about what it’s like ...
Our 2019 Albany Lobbying
March 22, 2019 This week, twelve of our members joined almost 150 UAW members from across New York State to ...
LSNYC’s new joint labor-management committee to address training, support, feedback, and evaluation
March 8, 2019 Our union together with Legal Services NYC is forming a new joint labor-management committee to address the ...
2019 UAW Region 9A New York State Political Priorities
UAW Region 9A 2019 New York State Political Platform Voting rights and electoral reform. New York must enact comprehensive voting ...
Our 2018 Year in Review Video
We fought against Kavanaugh’s nomination, we sent a delegation of members to Texas to represent immigrants in detention, we won ...
Manhattan Legal Services Honors Union Members Working at the Border
January 25, 2019 Yesterday the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee of Manhattan Legal Services, part of Legal Services NYC, ...
Social Workers to Receive UAW Financial Assistance for LMSW Licensing Exam
January 2019 Many of our union members have benefited from the $840/year reimbursement available through the UAW Education Fund for classes. Members ...
Bronx Office Agrees to Reduce Use of “Split Titles” After Union Grievance
December 14, 2018 After nearly nine months, the Bronx office has settled a grievance challenging the Bronx office’s overuse of ...
Our 2018 Holiday Party
December 22, 2018 Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us at our union’s holiday party last night! It was ...
Member Delegation Represents Asylum Applicants in Dilley, Texas
December 21, 2018 Our 12 member delegation has returned from a week in Texas representing women and children being held in immigration detention ...
Fighting Abuse and Exploitation of Temp Agency Workers
December 10, 2018 Grievance of LSNYC’s Use of Temporary Agency Workers TO: Raun Rasmussen, LSNYC Executive Director From: Sonja Shield, ...
LSSA Submits Comments on Public Charge Rule
Immigrant children at Ellis Island, 1908, US GOV National Archives December 9, 2018 The Legal Services Staff Association today submitted ...
New Protocol for Resolving Conflict Between Members
December 7, 2018 Our union has developed a protocol to help address issues that from time to time arise between ...
LSSA 2320 Statement on Amazon HQ2
December 5, 2018 The Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW 2320, is outraged and disappointed by New York City and State’s ...
Union Testifies at Universal Access to Counsel Hearing
On Thursday, November 15, 2018, in the middle of the season’s first snowstorm, a coalition of unionized workers who represent and ...
The 2018 Midterm Elections
November 7, 2018 On November 6th, 2018, the Democrats flipped the US House, restoring some semblance of checks and balances ...
LSSA & ALAA Rally to Oppose Kavanaugh’s Nomination
October 5, 2018 The Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), NOLSW/UAW 2320, along with the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), ...
Union Objects to LSNYC Abusing CBA By Granting Managers Status of “On Leave” From the Union
We discovered that LSNYC management had, without knowledge or consent of our union, been offering “leaves of absence” to staff ...
Our Union Members Donate Their Time to Help Families in Detention
Union members from our Manhattan shop who will be a part of our delegation. September 30, 2018 The UAW has ...
Talking with Law Students about Working at a Unionized Organization
LSSA & NOLSW union leaders speak with law students at the Fordham Public Interest Legal Career Reception September 14, 2018 ...
Union Members Approve Adding Auto-Enrollment and Auto-Escalation to LSNYC Retirement Plan
August 23, 2018 Following extensive discussion with union delegates and members at our Delegates Assembly and shop meetings, and a ...
LSSA Statement on ICE
July 13, 2018 The Legal Services Staff Association, a unit of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW 2320, ...
Staff of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A File with NLRB for Union Recognition
June 27, 2018 The staff of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (“Brooklyn A) filed a petition on Wednesday June 27th ...
Union Elects New Executive Committee
March 20, 2018 The Legal Services Staff Association is pleased to announce the election of its new Executive Committee: Sonja ...