Workers, Supporters Rally at LSNYC Headquarters; Union on Strike
Members and supporters of the Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 (LSSA), the union representing attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), yesterday rallied in front of LSNYC’s Tribeca headquarters. LSSA yesterday rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. An […]
Legal Services NYC Employees Overwhelmingly Reject Proposed Contract Cuts, Vote to Strike
Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), the union representing over 200 attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), today rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. Employees at LSNYC, the nation’s largest provider of low-income civil legal services, are […]
LSNYC Demands Fiscally Unnecessary Cuts, Jeopardizes Low-Income Client Services
May 6, 2013 Over 200 employees of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), the largest low-income civil legal services provider in the nation, received unprecedented contract demands from their employer on Wednesday evening. The LSNYC Board of Directors demanded financially unnecessary concessions including weaker healthcare coverage for particularly vulnerable members, higher employee payments to healthcare premiums, reductions […]
Union Walks Out on Half-Day Strike
Some 200 unionized employees of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) this week participated in a half-day strike to demonstrate solidarity in the face of draconian contract changes proposed by their employer. Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) have been presented with a list of drastic giveback demands that resemble — and in some ways […]