The union of the employees of legal services NYC & MFY

Legal Services NYC Strike Ends After 40 Days

Legal Services NYC Strike Ends After 40 Days as Employees Ratify Contract that Preserves Benefits, Adds Job Security Assurances After nearly six weeks on strike, members of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 (LSSA) today approved a contract that allows the employees of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) to return to work representing New […]

Striking Workers Confront LSNYC Board of Directors

Striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 (LSSA), have released a video addressing the LSNYC Board of Directors, including Board Chair Joseph Genova and Executive Director Raun Rasmussen, regarding the organization’s decision to terminate employees’ health care without meaningful notice. “Our health insurance was cut off with zero notification to our […]

Community Voices Video Release

At LSSA’s Community Voices event on June 12th, clients, community leaders, and elected officials called for a fair contract for the advocates who provide critical legal representation to save their homes, ensure quality education for their children, and stabilize their families. As Staten Island Legal Services client, Mohammad Hassan, explained: “Without the help of Tyler […]

Pickets & Citywide Demonstrations

Monday, 6/17 LSNYC Central Office, 40 Worth Street, 8:30AM- 10AM Milbank Tweed, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 11:30AM-1PM Tuesday, 6/18 JAMS (Michael Young’s Office), New York Times Building at 242 W. 41st Street, 9AM – 10:30AM Wednesday, 6/18 Home Shop Picket, picket at the office in your community, 8:30 AM-10:AM Brooklyn Office: 105 Court Street Queens […]