2024- NLG Annual Conference

Posted on Nov 08, 2024

November 2024: 

The National Lawyers Guild held its annual conference in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday, October 30 – Sunday, November 3, 2024. Members of the NLG Labor and Employment Committee joined hundreds of other NLG members to discuss how to strengthen the progressive legal community in this moment. We also commemorated the 20th anniversary of TUPOCC, NLG’s United People of Color Caucus, including participation from a founding TUPOCC member who is also a member of our Committee.  

• 2024 NLG #Law4ThePeople Convention Registration Information
• Convention Speakers
• Convention Schedule

2024- Activities

Posted on Nov 01, 2024

• January 2024: Yearly Membership Meeting and presentation from NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox.

• October 2024: In October 2024, the Student Committee organized an information session for law students about summer and post-grad opportunities to work in the labor movement. We were joined by representatives from the Peggy Browning Fund, the AFL-CIO, and SEIU. 

2023- Activities

Posted on May 19, 2023

• February 2, 2023: Building a More Equitable Animal Advocacy Movement: Exploring the Intersections of Labor Rights and Animal Advocacy
  
  

• May 18, 2023: Overcoming Employer Opposition to Union Organizing: Lawyers and Organizers Strategizing to Win. Participants will explore in an interactive way how the panelists have approached an employer’s challenges to organizing. Panelists included: Emily Maglio, Partner at Leonard Carder, LLP and Eric Hetrick, Business Manager at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2322.

• November 29, 2022: Labor is Essential for Democracy: Organizing Amazo...