What: Organizing Legal Workers and Public Interest Lawyers
Unions are under attack, and public sector workers’s unions have come under particularly heavy fire, but here in Massachusetts we are organizing a group of state employees who have been, up until now, disenfranchised and voiceless: public defenders. Let’s come together to discuss how to combat the ideology of austerity, imagine sustainable public interest careers, and build solidarity within the working classes. Jobs not Jails!
Who:
- Deborah Wright, President of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys,
- UAW Local 2325, AFL-CIO, in New York City (invited)
- Susan DeMaria, Regional Organizer for the National Organization of
- Legal Services Workers, UAW Local 2320, AFL-CIO
- Rudy Renaud, Organizing Director for the Service Employees
- International Union Local 888
- Christian Williams, staff attorney with the Committee for Public
- Counsel Services and member of the National Lawyers Guild
- Chris Gonsalves, staff investigator with the Committee for Public
- Counsel Services active in the organizing campaign
- and others involved in organizing to win collective bargaining rights for CPCS employees and the Fight for $15
When:
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Where:
Northeastern University School of Law
Dockser Hall (https://goo.gl/maps/yzktXSnTqj72)
65 Forsyth St, Boston
Ruggles – Orange Line T
Northeastern – Green Line T
The event is free; pizza will be provided.
Here’s a link for our petition to win basic worker rights for public defenders in Massachusetts:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/extend-organizing-rights-to-massachusetts-public-defenders
some background:
http://www.seiu888.org/mass-defenders-cpcs/
We also be discussing plans for the action on April 14:
#WageAction April 14th Rally: Join the Fight for $15 in 2016!
April 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Rally at the Massachusetts State House – National Day of Action
http://wageaction.org/event/april-14th-ff15-rally
yours in solidarity,
Benjamin Evans
National Lawyers Guild
northeastrvp(AT)nlg.org