Our 2016 Holiday Party
December 23, 2016 We were thrilled to see so many members and your families dancing and celebrating together. Thank you ...
Legal Aid & Legal Services Forum on the Future in a Trump Era
December 12, 2016 Along with the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, this week we hosted a forum to discuss the ...
Delegate Training: Improving our Skills to Advocate for You
December 2, 2016 Twenty-four of our delegates are attending today’s full-day delegate training! We have a fantastic trainer with decades ...
Fighting to Increase the Shelter Allowance for Poor New Yorkers
November 15, 2016 LSSA’s Bronx Legal Services members rallied with Assemblymember Hevesi and our Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – ...
After the Election, the Path Forward
November 10, 2016 As union members who have dedicated our careers to providing free legal services to low-income New Yorkers, ...
Our Halloween Wonders
October 31, 2016 Our union members and our families pulled out all the stops this Halloween! ...
Union Softball Team Wins League Championship
August 12, 2016 LSSA’s softball team has again won the league championship! Thanks to Anthony Villanueva and Victor Brito for ...
LSNYC Management Raises
July 1, 2016 LSNYC managers are in the process right now of receiving raises retroactive to January 1, 2016. The ...
Our 2016 National Joint Council Conference
July 1, 2016 We had 15 union members off to Las Vegas this past week for the conference of our ...
Tupac Shakur’s Mother, Former Union Member, Dies
June 17, 2016We honor the passing of Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of Tupac Shakur, who worked as a paralegal ...
UAW Works to Save LSNYC & MFY Immigration Funding
June 17, 2016 At the beginning of June, LSNYC and MFY learned that the proposed City Council budget reflected a ...
Standing with Locked-Out Honeywell Workers
June 17, 2016 Several members of LSSA, along with many other UAW members, traveled to upstate New York on Wednesday ...
Our Annual Delegate Training
June 10, 2016 We held a new delegate training this week, and among other topics our delegates got hands-on experience ...
LSSA Bylaws Amended to Build Strike Hardship Fund
June 9, 2016 The delegates have voted to amend our governing bylaws to change how our dues are allocated. The ...
Nydia Roman Retires After 37+ Years
June 3, 2016 On Friday, June 3rd, the Bronx office held a retirement party for Nydia Roman, who began working ...
LSNYC Selects New Retirement Provider
May 20, 2016 Our union has long pressed LSNYC to take the financial health of our retirement accounts seriously. In ...
Big Win Protecting Our Fellows
May 20, 2016 Last week, we learned that the Immigrant Justice Corps fellowship program planned to radically change their fellowship ...
We Still Remember
May 15, 2016 Three years ago, LSNYC management chose to terminate, without notice, the health insurance of our LSNYC members who were ...
Mobilizing Labor to Help Puerto Rico
May 14, 2016 Puerto Rico’s situation is dire. The UAW represents thousand of workers and retirees on the island who ...
Gaining a Voice in Upper Management Evaluations
May 13, 2016 Many of our members have thoughts about the job their Project Director is doing. But that does ...
We’re 400 Members Strong!
May 1, 2016 In the last few weeks, we reached a new era in Legal Services Staff Association history: we ...
LSSA to Pay Membership Fees for Members to Join AFL-CIO Constituency Groups
April 2016 LSSA2320 Union Members: Are you a person of color, LGBTQ, a woman, or a veteran? You can join ...
LSNYC Middle Managers Announce They’re Forming a Union
April 1, 2016 We have just learned some significant news — the middle managers at LSNYC have decided to unionize ...