Newsletter Archives

  • April 2014

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Apr 01, 2014

    • Food Fight - A report from the field on the fight against sweatshop conditions in the food industry by Ursula Levelt
    • The Legal Services NYC Strike: Neoliberalism, Austerity & Resistance by Tyler Kasperek Somes 
    • Workers, Communities, and the Clean Energy Economy: Working Together For a Future that Works by Dean Hubbard
    • Cuba Report 

  • October 2013

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2013

    • Making The Road by Walking - The AFL-CIO Takes a Major Step to Transform the Labor Movement by Victor Narro
    • Privatizing Democracy in Detroit: Constitutional Rights, Civil Rights And Labor Rights Under Siege In Michigan by John Philo 
    • The Puerto Rican Labor Movement in 2013 by Luis Pedraza Leduc 
    • Honoring Ann Fagan Ginger

  • May 2013

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on May 01, 2013

    • Warehouse Workers for Justice: An Alternative Organizing Model by Margot Nikitas
    • D.R. Horton: Is There Life After Concepcion? by Ursula Levelt
    • See you in San Juan! - announcing the NLG Convention in Puerto Rico October 23 - 27, 2013
    • Support Legal Services Workers - on strike now    

  • October 2012

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2012

    • Forward into the past? by Sanjukta Paul (an examination of how modern "independent contractors" resemble a feudal system)
    • Segregating American Citizenship: Latino Voter Disenfranchisement in 2012 by The Advancement Project
    • Fighting Wage Theft by Daniel Gross    

  • May 2012

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on May 01, 2012

    • Occupy Labor Law!by Ursula Levelt
    • Voter Suppresion - Why It Mattersby Dean Hubbard
    • D.R. Horton: The NLRB Enters the Fight Over Class Action Waiversby Henry Willis
    • Occupy Labor Law: What Labor Can Learn 

  • October 2011

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2011

    • We Are All Wisconsin: The Stakes Get Even Higher by Dean Hubbard
    • Walkout at Hershey: Extracts from the Report of the August 2011 Human Rights Delegation to Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Solidarity Forever
    • Defending Democracy by Tova Perlmutter
    • Learning by Teaching - The Guild's Mentoring Program by Fran Schreiberg
    • NLG 2011 Convention in Philadelphia - Schedule of L&EC related events    

  • April 2011

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Apr 01, 2011

    • The attack on Public Sector Workers: Ground Zero for Democracy and Human Rights by Dean Hubbard
    • NLG L&EC Breakfast at the LCC - Crimes Against Labor: Attacks on Workers' Rights in Mexico & US by Henry Willis
    • Worker Advocates Fight for Expanded Useof Crime Victim's Visa by Jessie Hahn
    • Mexican Mineworkers Union's Carlos Esquer Speaks in NYC by Ursula Levelt
    • NLG L&EC Successfully Concludes 12th Delegation to Cuba by Joan Hill
    • 100 Years After Triangle Fire, the Slaughter Continues by Anthony Prince    

  • September 2010

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Sep 01, 2010

    • March with Labor and One Nation for Jobs, Justice and Education for All
      October 2 in Washington DC
    • Defending Free Speech Rights in Public Places
    • ILO Takes Steps Toward Establishing Domestic Workers Rights
    • ICLR Assists Mexico's Independent Labor Movement
    • Information is Key to Ending Abusive Low-Wage Labor Migration Schemes
    • NY Public Employees Fight Furloughs
    • Carwash Workers Win Another Victory, Pirian Brothers Sentenced to Year in Jail

  • May 2010

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on May 01, 2010

    • Countering the Glen Beck Effect: Working America Reaches the Working Class
    • New Illinois Wage Theft Legislation Protects Workers
    • Sugar Law Center Supports Restaurant Opportunities Center
    • Sugar Law Center Assists the Unemployed
    • Whistleblower Laws Show U.S. Falls Short of International Human Rights Standards
    • Farmworker Advocates Praise the Department of Labor's New H-2A Regulations
    • Zenroren Honors Haymarket Martyrs on May Day

  • October 2009

    Posted in Newsletter Archives on Oct 01, 2009

    • Car Wash Workers Campaign Wins Victories
    • Worker Center Activities - Help Wanted
    • Opinion - Capitalism Is Bad for Your Health?
    • Update from the Sugar Law Center
    • Eleventh Annual Cuba Visit Promises Exciting Developments
    • Visa Approval Appears Likely for Cuban Labor Society VP to Make Historic Appearance at NLG Seattle Convention
    • CLE at NLG Seattle Convention - Fighting for Justice
    • The Great Pension Rip-Off