January 14, 2016 The Legal Services Staff Association, UAW/NOLSW 2320, is a union of progressive workers. We represent the non-management employees of Legal Services NYC and MFY, two New York City nonprofits that provide free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers. As workers, we help secure New York City as a vibrant and diverse […]

January 8, 2016 The Delegates Assembly this month voted to update our union’s child care reimbursement guidelines. You can be reimbursed for child care expenses incurred when you attend a union meeting. The new guidelines raise the reimbursement rate from $15/hour to $20/hour, expand the reimbursement to include elder care (if you need to pay someone to stay […]

December 31, 2015 What a year! 2015 began with our MFY members out on strike during the coldest weeks of the winter. We weren’t deterred by the frigid temperatures or MFY management’s chilly responses — we negotiated and picketed until we achieved a successful contract that respects the experience and dedication of paralegals and administrative support […]

December 31, 2015 Congratulations to union member Una Perkins, who today retires from MFY after 46 years of employment. Una was a founding member of our union in 1972, and has been a paralegal at MFY since 1969. Among her many other notable accomplishments, she represented John Kelly, of Goldberg v. Kelly, the Supreme Court […]