by Justin | Mar 12, 2021 | Organizing, Queens Public Defenders, UAW Local 2325
QUEENS, NY-After a lengthy battle with Queens Defenders management, including the firing of two beloved employees, the National Labor Relations Board has certified the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 as the representative of…
by Justin | Feb 18, 2021 | Queens Public Defenders, UAW Local 2325
A group of public defenders and social workers seeking to unionize their nonprofit legal organization got a boost from several local elected officials who joined them for a rally Wednesday. Staff from the Queens Defenders, an indigent public defense group, have…
by Justin | Jan 9, 2021 | Organizing, Queens Public Defenders, UAW Local 2325
Last month, Queens Defenders employees announced their plan to organize under the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), an affiliate of the United Auto Workers that represents workers at legal nonprofits. Ninety percent of eligible employees signed union…
by Justin | Dec 17, 2020 | Legal Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2325
Attorneys and social workers at a Queens-based public defender agency announced their plan to unionize Wednesday, becoming the latest New York City indigent defense group to organize under the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys. Roughly 70 staffers from the Queens…
by Justin | Jul 25, 2020 | Legal Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2325
(NEW YORK, NY) – Nearly 100 investigators and interpreters employed at The Legal Aid Society officially announced today that they would unionize with the the United Auto Workers (UAW), a labor organization which already represents thousands of legal services workers…
by Justin | Jul 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Social Issues, UAW Local 2325
Unions representing court workers and legal aid attorneys are calling on the city to hit the brakes on in-person court proceedings, arguing that they put workers, judges, and defendants at risk of contracting COVID-19. At a rally and march outside Brooklyn Supreme…
