The Legal Services Staff Association is happy to announce the resolution of two grievances centered around abuse of the temporary employment status in our Staten Island office. Last summer, thirteen of the twenty-one bargaining unit employees in Staten Island (62%!) were classified as temporary workers. This meant they had no job protection and an uncertain […]

On March 25th 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught on fire and caused the death of almost 150 workers. Management had chained the doors to the factory (in part to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks), so many workers were trapped by the flames while others leaped in desperation out of the windows. For many […]

LSSA 2320 was honored to have one of our members, 25 year veteran union member Darry Phillips, profiled in the March-April 2014 issue of Solidarity magazine. Darry is a process server and investigator in the Brooklyn office of Legal Services NYC, and a proud member of the Legal Services Staff Association union. Darry told Solidarity […]

On January 24, the UAW Region 9A held its 21st annual Region 9A UAW Civil and Human Rights Awards Recognition Dinner. The Legal Services Staff Association was honored to be recognized with the Benny Thornton Labor-Civil Rights Achievement Award, which is given in memory of Benny Thornton, the former chair of the UAW Region 9A Civil […]