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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. We also work 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.
BECOME A MEMBER! Annual dues are $25 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. Send both to Fran Schreiberg c/o Kazan et al, 171-12th Street 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA 94607.
OUR MEMBER'S 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
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.
LOCAL ACTIVITIES The L&EC assists local committees who work with local labor movement contacts on labor and employment law issues. It focuses locally on issues that local members identify. We have local committees here:
STEERING AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- STEERING COMMITTEE The Steering Committee sets general policy for the L&EC at two annual meetings and via e-mail. If you are interested in joining the Steering Committee, contact either of the co-chairs.
- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee stays in touch via e-mail about day-to-day decisions. It meets monthly via conference call. If you are interested in participating, contact either of the co-chairs.
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Labor & Employment Committee
