Newsletter Archives

  • September 2020

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Sep 01, 2020

    • Fight for the Right to Vote: Recap of the NLG LEC Webinar "Defending Voting Rights in 2020." The Voting Rights Working Group will meet Friday, September 11 at 9am PT/11am CT/12pm ET
    • Police Unions: What is to Be Done? CLE Workshop on September 23 at 10am-1pm ET / 12-3pm CT / 1-4pm ET
    • "Holding Uber and Lyft Accountable" by Stacey Leyton
    • "DOJ Pushes White Supremacist Policy on Campus" by M.S.M.R.

  • June 2020

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Jun 01, 2020

    • Join us for "How Can Lawyers Support Worker Organizing Under COVID-19" on Friday, June 26 at 12pm ET/11am CT/9am PT
    • "A New Normal Calls for Paid Leave for Employees" by Joan G. Hill
    • "Defending Workers' Health and Safety State by State" by Fran Schreiberg
    • "Bringing Gig Workers Back into the Fold: California's New Law and Gig Employers' Resistance to It" by Amy Cu and Octavio Velarde
    • "Cuba's Currency Dilemma" by Matthew Rinaldi

  • 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

  • May 2019

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on May 01, 2019

    • What Does NAFTA 2.0 Mean for Workers' Rights? by Jeffrey Vogt
    • What We're Fighting For... by Christine Campbell
    • Why Educators in North Carolina... by Michelle Burton
    • USMCA - Canadian Labour Law Perspectives, by Claude Melancon & Simon Archer, CALL-ACAMS
    • United Teachers - Los Angeles 2019 Strike: One for the Ages, by Ira L. Gottlieb
    • Updates from Sugar Law, by John Philo
    • Organizing Workers in the Gig Economy
    • Immigrants' Rights are Labor Rights
    • Save the Labor & Education Research Center
    • Send us your ideas for the annual NLG Conference
    • See you at the LCC!

  • 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