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    Action Alerts


    Save the Date - Monday June 3, 2013
    The NLG L&EC annual breakfast at the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee annual conference will focus
    on Organizing Outside the NLRA: New Efforts at Work and in the Community.   Click here for more info including some relevant articles on the subject. 


    Workers' Memorial Day - April 28, 2013 + week of Action
    The National Council for Occupational Safety & Health and the Protecting Workers Alliance are planning events around the country.  Click here for the National COSH list of events (updated frequently) in your area.


    Take Action Feb 26 + 27, 2013
    The Alliance for Justice is focusing on the Supreme Court argument in Shelby County v. Holder, a case involving the Voting Rights Act.  Join their activities.  Click here for more info on our website and for links to the Alliance for Justice website.


    NLG Annual Report 
    Click here for the 2012 NLG Annual Report. 


    Mexico Intl Days of Action Feb 18 - 24, 2013 
    The Labor and Employment Committee and the NLG Intl Labor Justice Working Group join in a worldwide week of action to support workers' rights in Mexico.  Click here for more info on our website.  Click here for the Labour Start webpage.


    Join the L&EC in Cuba
    The Labor and Employment Committee welcomes all members to join us on a research trip and international labor law conference in Cuba from March 23-30, 2013.  Click here for our webpage with detailed information.  Click here for the brochure. Initial registration is due December 31, 2013. Hope to see you in Havana!


    Huge Brandworkers Win!
    The Brandworkers – A Queens, NY based nonprofit – just won $950,000 in back pay and damages for warehouse workers and delivery drivers in a major wage-theft case. Congratulations and thank you to Daniel Gross, a Labor and Employment Committee member, for his amazing work on this! More information here.


    NLG Convention
    The Labor and Employment Committee had its annual membership meeting at the NLG 75th Anniversary Law for the People Convention in Pasadena, CA on Oct. 12. Click here for the meeting minutes.


    Congratulations to Dean, Jeanne & Ashwini
    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.


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    LABOR & EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
    OF THE
    NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD

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    WELCOME to the website of the NLG L&EC. The Labor and Employment Committee of the National Lawyers Guild [NLG] is a non-profit unincorporated legal association engaged in legal education and advocacy. The membership of the Labor & Employment Committee 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. The L&EC also works directly with organized labor and other organizations that represent workers.

    PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. We collaborate 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. We also work closely with and support the Guild's Sugar Law Center for the Economic and Social Justice [Sugar Law Center] to improve conditions in poor and working communities.

    ANNUAL MEETINGS. The L&EC meets twice a year - at the annual NLG Convention in the fall and at the annual meeting of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee meeting in the spring. These meetings are open to all. Click here for more information about our meetings.

    ANNUAL NATIONAL EVENTS. The L&EC sponsors two annual events: a breakfast at the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee conference each spring and L&EC programs at the annual NLG National Convention that usually occurs in the fall. Click here for more information about our activities at the NLG Convention, and click here for more information about our activities at the LCC. Click here for Special Events.

    BECOME A MEMBER. Click here for the membership page and click here to pay dues. Annual dues are $35 for attorneys and $15 for law students, legal workers, union members, and other friends. This is a national membership fee - there is no separate local membership fee. Please make your check payable to NLG L&EC and send to Fran Schreiberg c/o Kazan et al, Jack London Market, 55 Harrison Street Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94607.

    OUR MEMBERS' PRACTICE AREAS INCLUDE:

    •Administrative Law - including OSHA, social security
    •Economic Rights - including unemployment insurance
    •Employment Law - including sexual harassment, age discrimination, wage and hour
    •Injured Worker Law - including workers comp and tort cases, disability rights
    •Labor Law - work in all sectors of the labor movement
    •Toxic Torts - representing workers and communities concerned with toxics in the workplace and community

    LOCAL ACTIVITIES. The L&EC promotes local committees who work with local labor movement contacts on labor and employment law issues. Local members identify their own issues. We have information about local activities here:

    Boston area
    Chicago area 
    New York area 
    Philadelphia area 
    San Francisco Bay area
    Wisconsin area

    STEERING COMMITTEE. The Steering Committee sets general policy for the L&EC during monthly conference calls and via e-mail. If you are interested in joining the Steering Committee, contact either of the co-chairs. If you want to get involved in other aspects of our work or have a membership question, contact Fran Schreiberg. If you want to contribute to the newsletter, contact Henry Willis. Click here for more information about the Steering Committee.

    •Co-chair - Polly Halfkenny or (412) 471-8919
    •Co-chair - Dean Hubbard or (203) 216-2262
    •Organization & Membership - Fran Schreiberg or (510) 302-1071
    •Newsletter - Henry Willis or (323) 655-4700

    MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. Click here for more information about the MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. Developing a lasting relationship with a mentor is key to the success of law students, new lawyers, and legal workers. Several NLG chapters have mentorship programs, and this program will both augment existing programs and also, where none exists, create a nationwide program with a specific focus on labor and employment law. The Labor & Employment Committee mentorship program aims to support the coming generation of Guild members, build our membership, and build a community of legal activists to support workers and worker organizations. The program began as a pilot project during the Spring semester of the 2010-2011 school year. We are now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year.

    Each mentor / mentee relationship is just for one year, but we hope the relationship will provide an opportunity for recent law school graduates, law students, and new legal workers to have a lasting professional relationship with experienced labor and employment law attorneys and legal workers. The NLG L&EC mentorship program also aims to provide mentees with career advice and to gain a better understanding of what is involved with being a successful Guild labor and employment activist.

    JOB POSTINGS. Click here for job postings that we have been asked to post.

    NEWSLETTERS. Click here for our newsletters.

    OTHER PUBLICATIONS. Click here for publications.  We author the Employee & Union Member Guide to Labor Law: A Manual for Attorneys Representing the Labor Movement.  We also post links to other publications that may be of interest.

    PROJECTS. The Labor & Employment Committee is involved in a number of projects and new volunteers are always welcome. Click here for our Projects page which lists various activities and also links to more information about each project.