Where Will the Transit Strike Take Workers in America?
” Labor lawyers long have been in the forefront of the fight for universal health care, pensions, a living wage, the right to organize, worker-community solidarity and more. Starting with a look at the recent TWU strike and on-going struggle, a panel of lawyers who work at a broad array of organizations will talk about these issues and how they address them. Speakers: Terry Meginniss, Gladstein, Reiff & Meginniss (counsel to Local 100) David Prouty, General Counsel, UNITE HERE! Saru Jayaraman, Executive Director, ROC-NY Anne Vladeck, Senior Partner, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard Dan Kovalik, United Steel Workers Sponsored by Social Justice Initiatives, the Student Labor Action Project, and the Center for Public Interest Law. Back to top 2004-2005 December 1 Judy Scott, “Labor Unions as forces for Social Justice” Judy Scott, the General Counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), for the past 7 years, spoke about the surprisingly wide range of initiatives taken by