TWU Supporting Legal Services Strike

Members of UAW Legal Services Staff Local 2320 took their strike to the streets on May 22, marching from their offices at 40 Worth Street in lower Manhattan to the boss’s apartment just around the corner at 90 Hudson, the residence of Legal Services Exec Director Raun J. Rasmussen. The big non-profit gives free help to New Yorkers who can't afford an attorney in civil cases. Marching in solidarity were TWU Local 100 Executive Board Member Tareque Ahmed, Dexter Victory from our Organizing Department, and Staff Attorney Ursula Levelt. The legal services staff says that management is directing the grant money that funds the organization into upper management salaries, and is demanding cuts in health care benefits and pensions. The boisterous demonstration that brought about 100 staffers out was highlighted by the Rude Mechanical Orchestra’s marching music. About a half dozen officers from the NYPD’s Disorder Control Unit with motorcycle and sector car support made sure that the legal services workers didn’t violate the law when they stepped out. The workers ask that brother and sister union members follow and like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LSSA2320.