Posts tagged Association of Legal Advocates
Question 2 passes: Mass. public defenders get the right to form a union
November 4, 2026 // Tuesday night's victory is the latest chapter in the saga of lawyers who work to represent defendants will little financial wherewithal. In 2024, many of the state's bar advocates — private attorneys who pick up the slack when there aren't public defenders available — stopped taking on new cases to protest their own wages. At the time, advocates in Massachusetts were making between $65-85 an hour, the lowest rate in the New England states and a pittance compared to what other private attorneys earn.
As threat of mass strike looms, some NYC legal service providers reach tentative agreements with unions
July 23, 2025 // Aaron Eisenberg, the political director at United Auto Workers Region 9A, told amNewYork that he hopes the agreements at Bronx Defenders and NYLAG will encourage other legal aid providers to meet demands and avoid a mass strike. Various union chapters within the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-UAW are in active bargaining with management and have threatened to strike. A mass public interest attorney strike could take about 2,000 lawyers out of court, about 1,100 of whom work at the Legal Aid Society, where unionized employees have set a Friday deadline for a contract before walking out.