LSSA 2320 Statement on ICE Raid in Morton, Mississippi
August 9, 2019 We vehemently denounce ICE and the Trump Administration’s assaults on immigrants and low-wage workers, most recently in Wednesday’s targeting and detention of 680 immigrant workers in Mississippi. These inhumane and cruel actions are calculated to strike fear, to drive people into the shadows, and to chill brave acts of worker organizing and […]
Settlement of LSNYC Off-Site Intake Arbitration
July 30, 2019 Our union and LSNYC management have long struggled over which staff can properly be assigned to do intake. Our union has always argued that intake is a specific job that takes specialized training and expertise, and which should be done by intake paralegals, intake officers, and hotline paralegals. LSNYC management, though, has […]
Sunshine and Solidarity: Our 2019 Union Picnic
July 28, 2019 The members of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW 2320, gathered for a summer picnic at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park on July 27, 2019, with food, games, and a make-your-own dip contest. Thank you to our party planners as well as to everyone who came and brought their families and made it a […]
Report-back from our national union conference in Las Vegas
June 21, 2019 This week 27 of our members, representing every one of our shops, traveled to Las Vegas for the conference of our parent union, the National Organization of Legal Services Workers. Members attended plenaries on topics including environmental justice to the connections between civil rights and health care for all. And members chose […]