In New York City, hundreds of nonprofit legal services workers are striking for improved employment conditions and enhanced legal representation for clients involved in criminal, housing, and immigration courts. Eleven chapters of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA) have coordinated a historic strike, voting for sectoral bargaining to collectively negotiate better standards. The union's collective contracts expired on June 30, leading to strikes beginning July 10 after unsuccessful negotiations. The Legal Aid Society briefly halted its strike plans after announcing a tentative deal with management on July 24.
"We're striking along with all these other shops and together trying to improve the landscape for legal representation in New York City," Ryan Acquaotta, a campaign coordinator and shop steward at Urban Justice Center, said. "When everybody's doing it together, it's a lot harder to break the strike."
Hundreds of nonprofit legal services workers in New York City are currently on strike, demanding both better employment conditions and better legal representation for their clients navigating everything from the criminal legal system to housing and immigration courts.
Collection
[
|
...
]