Legal Aid Society, Attorneys to Continue Contract Negotiations as Union Considers Strike

Legal Services Workers, Including Tenant Lawyers, Could Strike Over Pay & Other Conditions - City Limits

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New York City court system faces shutdown as legal aid attorneys OK strike

NEW YORK—New York City’s court system faced a potential shutdown on July 1, as its legal aid attorneys voted 91%-9% to authorize a strike. Their current contracts, covering almost 2,500 members in various units, expired on June 30, and their union, Auto Workers Local 2325, could let them walk as soon as the next day. “Mayor [Eric] Adams and the City Council can solve this. The time to fully fund legal services is now,” the local posted on Instag…

Legal Aid Society, attorneys to continue contract negotiations as union considers strike

The Legal Aid Society and its unionized lawyers will continue negotiations this week and return to the bargaining table on Thursday as the union considers a historic strike that could impact courts across the city, the head of Legal Aid's union, Jane Fox, told amNewYork on Tuesday. The union's contract expired Tuesday at midnight. Though the contract remains in effect after expiration, the union can now trigger a strike, which the union's member…