Newsletter Archives

  • October 2019

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2019

    • Join us for the #Law4thPeople Convention in Durham, October 16-20, 2019. A calendar of events is in the newsletter
    • Organize the South (or die): Why the South Matters to the Future of Labor, by MaryBe McMillan
    • A Southern Workers School to Organize a Labor Movement in the South, by Angaza Laughinghouse
    • Organizing Gig Workers in California, by Benjamin O'Donnell
    • Reform of the Gig Economy Is a Wonderful Thing... by Jay Youngdahl
    • Updates from Sugar Law, by John Philo
    • In Memoriam: Ursula Levelt

  • October 2018

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2018

    • Join us at the Law for the People Convention in Portland, Oregon, October 31 - November 4...
    • The Right Wing's Plans to Destroy Public Schooling... by Prof. Gordon Lafer
    • Los Angeles Chapter Report
    • Information about our the 20th Anniversary 2019 Cuba Delegation
    • Meet our Student Committee
    • Mentorship Program Announcement

  • May 2018

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on May 01, 2018

    • Join us at the LCC Conference in Atlanta
    • Social Justice and Progressive Unionism... by Larry Williams Jr.
    • We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For... by Sarah David Heydemann
    • #MeToo... by Susan Minato
    • Elections Matter... by Jeanne Mirer
    • Reclaiming the Red and Purple States... by Joan Hill
    • This Land is Our Land... by Fran Schreiberg

  • August 2017

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Aug 01, 2017

    • Join us at the NLG Convention in Washington, DC
    • Green, Blue & Black... by Dean Hubbard
    • Will You Represent TUPOCC?
    • Protecting Human Rights in the Trump Era
    • Updates from Sugar Law by John Philo
    • Ba da ba ba baaa ... We're Not Loving It by Dean Hubbard

  • May 2017

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Jun 01, 2017

    • Where to find us at the LCC in Denver 2017
    • Winning back key battlegrounds in 2018... by Eric Dillon, Working America
    • Cuba Si!
    • Build the resistance... by Fran Schreiberg
    • The new joint employer rule... by George Gonos
    • Seeking authors for the NLG Guide... by Elise Gautier
    • Organizing to defend immigrant workers... by Ariella Morrison
    • Join us for breakfast at the LCC... (both ridiculously early)

  • August 2016

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Aug 01, 2016

    • Fighting Uber-Exploitation in NYC by Zubin Soleimany
    • Rebuilding Detroit from the Grass Roots Up... by John Philo
    • LA STORY: the Workers Rights Committee Returns by Ben O'Donnell
    • Know Your Economic Human Rights! - announcing CLE August 4 at NLG Convention in NYC
    • Knowledge is Not Power - Knowing your rights and Using Them is

  • May 2016

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Jun 01, 2016

    • Everything Old is New Again -- Using Section 7 to Support Worker Centers by Eli Naduris-Weissman
    • Working with ROC (Restaurant Opportunity Center)
    • Building a relationship with a worker center near you
    • Cuba Si -- L&E delegation sees firsthand how Cuba's relations with the U.S. are changing in advance of President Obama's historic visit
    • Developing Solidarity at B&H Photo by Jeanne Mirer
    • Democracy, Teachers' Rights & Privatization -- Inequality, "Education Reform" and Vergara
    • Join our project to do Section 7 training    

  • October 2015

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2015

    • From "Right-to-Work" to "Fight for 15" -- The Labor Movement at the Crossroads: Learning Lessons, Plotting the Way Forward by Anthony Prince
    • Turning the Tide: Fighting the Nationwide Assault on Low-Income Workers by John Philo
    • Art Heitzer to receive the Debra Evenson Award
    • Workers' Rights are Human Rights
    • What We Need to Do: Remarks at ALAL's Sao Paulo Congress by Anthony Prince
    • Our Best Hope by Aaron Mair, Estela Vazquez & Lenore Friedlaender
    • ROCking the House
    • Street Vending: Challenging the Criminalization of Workers by Cynthia Anderson-Barker
    • NLG Convention - annotated schedule for L&ECers    

  • April 2015

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Apr 01, 2015

    • "Death by a Thousand Cuts" and LEC's Local Strategy for Attacking Unions by Brendan Fischer
    • Two and a Half Cheers for Bankruptcy: Detroit City Retirees Avoid the Worst While Lenders Get a Buzz Cut by Ursula Levelt
    • Cuba in Transition by Matthew Rinaldi
    • Resolution Calling for an End to the U.S. Embargo of Cuba
    • Kicking Them When They're Down: Corporate America and Its Allies Make Life Even Harder for the Unemployed by Tony Paris
    • Join Us! - Work with Us on our Section 7 Rights Project to assist legal aid offices and other advocacy groups and employment lawyers who work with unorganized low-wage workers

  • September 2014

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Sep 01, 2014

    • Bringing Labor Law into the 21st Century: Dealing with the Realities of the Modern Workplace by Henry Willis
    • NLG Convention - annotated schedule for L&ECers
    • Chicago Labor History Tour
    • Using Human Rights to Defend Workers' Standard of Living - mini-CLE in Chicago Sep 4, 2014