The union of the employees of legal services NYC & MFY
Charlottesville
August 14, 2017 The terrorism that came to the streets of Charlottesville this weekend was sickening and grotesque. The racism and violence slung proudly by white nationalists and Nazis should have no place here. Yet we know what happened in Charlottesville was not an isolated incident. The racists who stalked and killed black people during […]
Resolution in Support of Striking IBEW Local 3 Families
August 4, 2017 The Legal Services Staff Association has issued the following resolution in support of striking IBEW Local 3 Families: WHEREAS, in 2013, IBEW Local 3 reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable that was ratified and expired in April, 2017. The union has been working under an expired agreement and accused TWC and […]
LSNYC Contract Demands Ratified
July 21, 2017 By a vote of 115 for and 11 against, our LSNYC union members last night ratified the contract demands that we’ll be making on LSNYC management. Once the amendments that were made at the meeting are incorporated into the final version, we’ll serve it on management and send all union members a […]
UAW Honors Our Historic 1991 Strike
July 21, 2017 It was 26 years ago this week that our colleagues and predecessors settled a four month strike, winning historic step increases and dramatically improving the pay parity between attorneys and legal workers. Our national union, the United Auto Workers, has posted the below memory of our 1991 strike: On July 19, 1991, […]