Striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 (LSSA), employees of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), continue their Committed to Our Communities events by releasing a video entitled “Making a Career in Legal Services: Why We Do This Work.” The video explains the motivations behind the decision to strike by the more than […]

Striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 (LSSA) expressed shock and disappointment at statements made by Executive Director Raun Rasmussen last week. Asked about staff’s concerns with Board Chair Joseph Genova’s leadership of LSNYC, Mr. Rasmussen told a Thomson Reuters reporter “there’s really no one more committed to the organization.” Staff […]

Striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association rallied outside the office of Legal Services NYC Board of Directors Chair Joseph Genova. Mr. Genova, partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy and Board Chair since 2011, has forced LSNYC employees on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years. Mr. Genova has sat on […]

LSSA members delivered over 7,000 signed petitions to the LSNYC Board calling on LSNYC to offer a fair contract to its workers. In less than two weeks time, the union received over 7,000 signatures of support from our clients, community residents, and people all around the nation who are concerned for the future of Legal […]