March 6, 2020 Eight LSSA members attended the UAW New York lobbying conference in Albany this week. With over 100 other UAW members from across the state, together we met with virtually every senator and assembly member representing New York State. We spoke with our electeds on issues including: Passing Home Stability Support (HSS), a statewide rent supplement for PA-eligible families […]

February 28, 2020 This week we testified at the New York City Council on behalf of Right to Counsel, along with Jared Trujillo, President of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW 2325, the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and District Council 37, AFSCME. We stood with other providers, advocacy organizations, and […]

January 31, 2020 Legal Services Staff Association Local 2320 welcomes and supports our union members who are DACA recipients. Our DACAmented members are threatened by the sitting Trump administration, and its deeply racist and xenophobic policies, as well as by the current Supreme Court, whose conservative majority share the same values as the administration. We condemn these […]

December 20, 2019 We fought for justice for our clients and for our members; with union colleagues across the City, we formed a union taskforce on Right to Counsel; we spoke out for salary equity; we helped get progressive rent laws passed; we stood with striking workers at GM and elsewhere; we educated high school […]