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Congratulations!

Congratulations on TWU's victory and thanks to Dean Hubbard of TWU, to Jeanne Mirer and Ashwini Sukthankar of the International Commission for Labor Rights, Angela Cornell of the Cornell Law School Labor Law Clinic, too many people to mention at the AFL-CIO, Daniel Blackburn of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights, and Peter Rosenblum of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic. Dean, co-chair of the L&EC, was instrumental not only in fashioning the law suit, but also in organizing the participation of TWU and others in this effort.  

The ILO ruled in November, 2011, that New York's ban on and penalties for public sector strikes, as carried out during the 2005 NYC transit strike, violates workers' fundamental human rights. Click here for more information, including the decision. 


Occupy Movement - Mass Defense

The NLG is assisting in mass defense throughout the country.  Click here to jump to the page on our L&EC website with information about how you can become involved and with links to substantive material and to the NLG webpage with contacts throughout the country.


Lost in the Debt Ceiling Debate: The Legal Duty to Create Jobs

Jeanne Mirer, NLG L&EC Steering Committee member, and Marjorie Cohn, former President of the NLG, wrote an article published August 11, 2011 in CommonDreams.org and a number of other locations. This is a compelling piece and a must read for everyone.  Click here for the article.


Nation's Workers Fight to Maintain Public Employee Collective Bargaining Rights

Anti-union legislation is sweeping the nation.  Wisconsin is at the forefront as public workers across the country struggle to defend their right to collective bargaining.

Click here to read more and take action to support workers' rights.



FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Legal Department of the AFL-CIO is offering a one-year fellowship beginning in September 2012. The fellowship offers an excellent opportunity for recent law school graduates to work with experienced union-side lawyers on a wide variety of issues.

For more information, click for complete Fellowship Announcement.



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Welcome to the website of the NLG Labor & Employment Committee

 The Labor & Employment Committee of the National Lawyers' Guild includes lawyers, law students, legal workers, and worker representatives.  It serves as a liaison between the Guild and legal organizations that represent organized labor and workers.  As well, the L&EC works directly with organized labor and other organizations that represent workers.  The Committee collaborates with the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee [LCC], the National Employment Law Association [NELA] , and other professional legal associations on the national and local level.  The L&EC also works closely with and supports the Guild's Sugar Law Center for the Economic and Social Justice [Sugar Law Center] to improve conditions in poor and working communities.

ACTIVISM  L&EC members engage in a range of local, national and international issues and activities

ANTI-WAR  The L&EC provides support for labor anti-war activities.

BOOKS  The committee authors the Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law published by West.

CRIMINAL (MASS) DEFENSE  The L&EC supports the labor movement's efforts to defend workers engaged in mass actions.  Guild members represent workers accused criminally.  The L&EC has materials for attorneys who do not specialize in criminal law to assist them in situations where workers and union representatives are arrested during mass actions. 

ECONOMIC RIGHTS  The L&EC supports various living wage campaigns, fights against sweatshop labor, increasing the number of women in the trades, assuring farmworker rights, etc.

ELECTORAL ACTIVITIES   The committee supports the labor movement's electoral efforts, including recruiting attorneys to assure fair elections.  L&EC members helped draft the AFL-CIO LCC's election law manual.

IMMIGRANT WORKERS   The L&EC supports labor and employment attorneys who represent immigrant workers.  The committee developed an Immigration Manual for Labor and Employment Attorneys to assist attorneys who do not specialize in immigration law to address immigration issues that affect their labor and employment work. The manual is available for a donation of $35.

INTERNATIONAL LABOR ISSUES   The L&EC serves as program consultant to Marazul Charters, a licensed travel services provider, on an annual research program in Cuba. The committee supports the work of the International Commission for Labour Rights [ICLR] and participates in delegations to monitor labor issues in other countries.  It also supports the International Association of Democratic Lawyers [IADL] and participates in their conferences and other activities.  The NLG's International Labor Justice Working Group [ILJWG] is a collaboration between the NLG Labor & Employment Committee and the NLG International Committee.  The L&EC supports efforts to strengthen ties with progressive labor and employment attorneys throughout the world.

NEWSLETTERS   The committee publishes a newsletter twice a year to coincide with the annual AFL-CIO Lawyers' Coordinating Committee conference (usually in April or May) and the annual NLG convention (usually in the fall).  If you would like to contribute an article, contact Fran Schreiberg.

UNION CAMPAIGNS  The L&EC supports labor struggles to unionize workers and our members have provided pro bono assistance to graduate students and recently to car wash workers seeking to organize.

WORKER CENTERS   The L&EC supports efforts to strengthen the ties between labor and worker centers throughout the country.