November 26, 2023
April 3, 2017
Beyond Vietnam: 50th Anniversary — Beyond The Dream
From: Morris, Susan
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 1:04 AM
Subject: Beyond Vietnam: 50th Anniversary — Beyond The Dream
Commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence sermon in an evening with Michelle Alexander and Ruby Sales, voices of the past and future of the Civil Rights Movement. Written by Dr. Vincent Harding, and delivered at The Riverside Church exactly one year to the day before Dr. King’s assassination, Beyond Vietnam is a moral agenda for America to address issues of racial justice, poverty, and war. Dr. King and Harding’s prophetic and prescient words are as urgently needed today as when they were first delivered.
Event is free.
Registration:
http://www.beyondthedream50.org/events/beyond-vietnam-50th-anniversary
March 7, 2017
The Black Panthers, Then & Now: Kathleen Cleaver Speaks | 3/7 6PM NYU Law VH210
From: Sampeur, Jane-Roberte
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 2:40 PM
Subject: The Black Panthers, Then & Now: Kathleen Cleaver Speaks | 3/7 6PM NYU Law VH210
Happing tonight if folks are interested. Should be great.
The Black Panthers, Then & Now: Kathleen Cleaver Speaks.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2248533725372747/
The NYU Law National Lawyers Guild will host former communications secretary of the Black Panther Party & professor of law at Emory University Kathleen Cleaver on March 7th at6PM at the NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall Rm. 210.
Professor Cleaver will speak on the Black Panther Party, which just marked its 50th anniversary, and the implications and lessons that can be drawn from the Party’s experience in the age of Trump.
Professor Cleaver will join Palestinian-American youth organizer Aber Kawas and Black Lives Matter organizer Kei Williams to discuss what lessons young community organizers and grassroots activists can learn from the legacy of the Panthers in the struggle against racism, mass incarceration, imperialism, and police violence today.
Professor Cleaver has not only an important and unique perspective on the power of revolutionary black resistance in America, but a necessary one. We are in a time of unprecedented state violence against black and brown people in America — from Muslim bans and threats to deport millions of people, to the return of the Dakota Access Pipeline, to the explicit calls for racial profiling in policing, to the rise of right-wing extremists within the new administration. At the same time, the United States has threatened greater aggression abroad, from threats of war with Iran and the return of the use of torture to unyielding support for the violation of Palestinian rights, all expanding policies that are intricately linked with domestic abuses.
Please join us for a monumental opportunity as revive and expand the tradition of connecting anti-racist resistance at home with the fight against state violence abroad in line with the practice of the Black Panther Party.
Co-Sponsors:
NYU NLG
NYU Black Allied Law Students Association
NYU Law & Social Change
NYU Coalition on Law & Representation
NYU South Asian Law Students Association
Arab-American Association of NY
NYU Students for Justice in Palestine
New York City Students for Justice in Palestine
NYU Women of Color Collective
(Full & Updated list of sponsors here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2248533725372747/)
April 11, 2016
FYI: Vigil Tuesday for NYPD Entrapment Victim, Now in Coma
From: Letwin, Michael
Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:32 AM
Subject: FYI: Vigil Tuesday for NYPD Entrapment Victim, Now in Coma
https://www.facebook.com/events/1735738103322377/
Targeted & Entrapped: Ahmed Ferhani fights for his life
Vigil, Press Conference
Tuesday, April 12th
1 Police Plaza
3:00 pm
NYPD Undercover Detective Ilter Ayturk & his CIA Trained Handler, Detective Steve Pinkall infiltrated our community organizations with the intent of entrapping those organizing for the human rights of Palestinians. They failed miserably.
They would instead target, Ahmed Ferhani, a young man, son, who escaped civil war and has been enduring life-long mental illness and poverty.
Ahmed attempted suicide in prison last week and remains in a coma.
Join us in vigil to support our brother Ahmed and to express our anger at the NYPD for their complicity.
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Press Release:
A coalition of civil rights and human rights and community based groups across New York are hosting a rally and vigil for Ahmed Ferhani outside One Police Plaza on Tuesday April 12, 2016 at 3 p.m. to rally against the pervasive abuse of Ferhani, and other inmates by the Department of Corrections, and to pray Ferhani’s recovery.
Ahmed Ferhani, who was prosecuted by way of an embarrassing entrapment case run by the NYPD’s secret surveillance unit is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Eerie County Medical Center after attempting suicide while in the custody of the infamous Attica Prison in Buffalo New York. After months of complaining of abuse at the hands of Attica to the DOC’s Superintendent and to the Attorney General, Ferhani threatened to and did attempt to take his own life to end the abuse.
Ferhani had not been placed on suicide watch but had made prior attempts to harm himself, while he was in custody and before he was entrapped by the NYPD. Ferhani’s attorneys maintain that Ferhani was targeted specifically because he struggled with mental health issues since he was a child. “When the NYPD had so miserably failed to find any unlawful activity after years of pouring countless resources into an illegal surveillance project they sent an undercover to manipulate and essentially bribe the young Ferhani into parroting the words they needed to justify the sham and unconstitutional investigation.” The actions of the NYPD have come under heavy attack since AP leaked the details of the secret surveillance unit and the NYPD now faces litigation brought by victims of the mass surveillance project post 9-11.
“If it were not enough that he was targeted and preyed upon by the NYPD, the Department of Corrections unleashed its worst predatory practices against Ferhani. Ferhani was repeatedly harassed, abused and beaten by his jailers who believed he was a terrorist without having the facts of his case. He was neither protected nor acknowledged by the Department, now he is dying at the tender age of 30, after a lifetime of hardship and abuse. It is an outrage and justice will be served. It may be late, but it will be had.” Said counsel for Ferhani’s family, Lamis Deek.
The Press Conference is expected to start at 3pm outside One Police Plaza and will be followed by a vigil.
Media Inquiries Contact: Lamis Deek, 917-607-0072, 212-226-3999; Fahd Ahmed 917-744-5526 and Gideon Oliver 1646-263-3495, Dima Abi Saab 646-920-7114
March 25, 2016
FYI: Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress ‘Anti-War Left and Black People’
From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 12:14 PM
To: CRIMINAL ATTYS ALL; 1199 Members; CIVIL BENEFITS CHAT GROUP; CIVIL BKLYN AGING ALL; CIVIL BNO ALL; CIVIL BRONX ALL; CIVIL CONSUMER LAW CHAT GROUP; CIVIL DAP CHAT GROUP; CIVIL EMPLOYMENT LAW ALL; JUVENILE ATTYS ALL; JUVENILE APPEALS ALL; CIVIL EXTERN ATTYS ALL; CIVIL FAMILY CHAT GROUP; CIVIL HCLO ALL; CIVIL HEALTH LAW ALL; CIVIL HOMELESS RIGHTS ALL; CIVIL HOUSING ADVOCATES CHAT GROUP; CIVIL IMMIGRATION ALL; CIVIL PRP ALL; CIVIL LAW REFORM ALL; CRIMINAL ATTYS ALL
Subject: FYI: Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress ‘Anti-War Left and Black People’
“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
December 24, 2015
FYI: Now Live: Labor for Palestine: Challenging US Labor Zionism (American Quarterly)
From: mletwin
To: – – all-alaa
Cc:
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:16:33 -0500
Subject: [All-alaa] FYI: Now Live: Labor for Palestine: Challenging US Labor Zionism (American Quarterly)
Brand new article (of which I am a coauthor) in the American Studies
Association journal now online
here<http://laborforpalestine.net/2015/12/01/labor-for-palestine-challenging-us-labor-zionism-american-quarterly/>.
(PDF attached.)
Please feel free to share with interested others. And your feedback is
most welcome!
March 6, 2015
2015.03.06: Racial Justice Update: Black and Palestinian Lives Matter
From: Letwin, Michael
Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 12:19 PM
Subject: Racial Justice Update: Black and Palestinian Lives Matter
To: CRIMINAL PRACTICE ALL, CIVIL STAFF ALL, JUVENILE ALL, 1199 Members
Please Sign: Labor for Palestine to NYC Council Members: Don’t Tour Apartheid Israel
“While police murdered Eric Garner in Staten Island and Mike Brown in Ferguson last summer, Israel massacred at least 2,200 Palestinians in Gaza (including more than 500 children), while killing many other Palestinians in the West Bank and 1948 Palestine. Since 2000 alone, Israel has killed more than 8,896 Palestinians; at least 1,895 have been children.”
For full text, and/or to endorse, please go here, and provide your labor affiliation and position (for identification only) in the “send a personal message” box.
Weds., March 11: Palestinian Right of Return: Going Beyond the 1967 Occupation
“Please join us for a discussion of this crucial right and its relationship to BDS activism and the struggle for justice throughout historic Palestine.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1421802758117734
July 31, 2014
2014.07.31: Urgent Action: Please Join UAW Local 2865 Joint Council in Opposing War on Gaza
From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:04 PM
To: ALAA MEMBERS; 1199 Members
Subject: Urgent Action: Please Join UAW Local 2865 Joint Council in Opposing War on Gaza
With the Gaza death toll now at 1100+ and still rising, and the US government replenishing Israel’s supplies of lethal weapons, a growing number of trade unionists around the world are speaking out.
At the forefront is one of our sister units, 13,000-member UAW Local 2865, whose Joint Council has issued Student Workers at the University of California Support Palestine.
To take a stand, please endorse the new Labor for Palestine statement below, already signed by hundreds of trade unionists, (including members of ALAA and 1199), specifying your union membership in the box labeled “Why is this important to you.”
Please also:
1. Forward this message to interested members of other unions.
2. Endorse a parallel statement by Jews for Palestinian Right of Return.
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Labor for Palestine
Stop the War on Gaza: No Arms for Apartheid Israel — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions!
July 28, 2014
“We call on the UN and governments across the world to take immediate steps to implement a comprehensive and legally binding military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed on South Africa during apartheid.”
Palestinian Trade Unions and Civil Society, Stop Arming Israel, July 20, 2014
“For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent.”
Beyond Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967
* * *
As workers and trade unionists, we join with Palestinian trade unions, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Unite (UK/Ireland), and labor organizations around the world to urgently condemn Israel’s barbaric war on Gaza, which has taken thousands of lives since 2006, including many hundreds in recent weeks.
With them, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people against more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, apartheid and genocide — including Israel’s very establishment through the uprooting and displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians during the 1947-1948 Nakba. Indeed, eighty percent of the 1.8 million people sealed into Gaza are refugees.
With them, we support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), which demands an end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories; full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel; and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194.
Therefore:
• We call on the US government and its allies to end all aid to Israel.
• We call on workers to emulate dockers in South Africa, India, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, the US west coast, and elsewhere, by refusing to handle military or any other cargo destined for Israel.
• We call on labor bodies to divest from Israel Bonds, and cut ties with the Histadrut, Israel’s racist labor federation. (See model resolution, below.)
Initial Signers (List in formation)
Labor Bodies
NC Public Service Workers Union-UE Local 150
Unite Union NZ
Individuals (Affiliation shown for identification only // *Labor for Palestine co-conveners)
*Suzanne Adely, U.S.-MENA Global Labor Solidarity Network; Former Staff, Global Organizing Institute, UAW
*Monadel Herzallah, former member, Arab American Union Members Council, San Francisco, CA
*Michael Letwin, former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW L. 2325; co-founder, Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, NYC Labor Against the War; US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi, California Faculty Association SFSU
Judith Ackerman, 1199SEIU, AFT, UFT, AFTRA, SAG, New York NY
Larry Adams, former President, NPMHU L. 300; co-founder, NYC Labor Against the War; People’s Organization for Progress
Joseph Agonito, former President, L. 1845-NYSUT, AFT
Bina Ahmad, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Sameerah Ahmad, Executive Director, Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center; former member, GEO/UAW L. 2322
Faiz Ahmed, Chairperson/président Canadian Union of Public Employees L. 3903
Tanya Akel, IBT L. 2010, AFT L. 1521
Noha Arafa, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Anthony Arnove, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981, Brooklyn NY
B. Ross Ashley, SEIU L. 204 (retired), Toronto ON
John Bail, National Director, Pacific Region Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Harry Baker, Former Executive Board member, SEIU L. 1021, N. CA
Sarah Barker, Organiser, New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Julia Barnett, Steward, CUPS, L. 79
Thomas F. Barton, L. 768, DC 37, AFSCME
Bill Bateman, Laborers L. 271; Coordinator, RI Unemployed Council, RI Campaign for Work & Wages
Richard Berg, Past President, IBT L. 743
Michael Billeaux, Co-President, Teaching Assistants’ Association/AFT L. 3220, Madison WI
Walter Birdwell, Retired Steward, National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 283
Richard Blake, IBT L. 512, Jacksonville FL
Dana Blanchard, Berkeley Federation of Teachers, AFT L. 1078
Dave Bleakney, National Union Representative, CUPW, Ottowa ON
Rebecca Bor, Chicago Teachers Union, AFT L. 1
Alexandra Bradbury, co-editor, Labor Notes
Larry Bradshaw, VP SEIU L. 1021, San Francisco
Gloria Brandman, UFT/NYC-MORE Caucus
Deena Brazy, Steward/VP, AFSCME L. 60, Madison WI
Tibby Brooks, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Gene Bruskin, Founder, US Labor Against the War
Gabriel Camacho, UNITE HERE L. 66L Cambridge MA
Chris Carlsson, Co-Director, Shaping San Francisco; SEIU L. 1021; adjunct faculty, San Francisco Art Institute
Nora Carroll, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
David Chavez, UAW L. 2865, UC Riverside
Edward Childs, Chief Steward, Unite-Here L. 26
Jan Clausen, Goddard College faculty; UAW L. 2322 Liaison to U.S. Labor Against the War, NYC Chapter
Mary Clinton, Organizer, CWA District 1
L. Antonia Codling, Alt. VP & Former Rep., Attorneys of Color of Legal Aid, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Len Cooper, Victorian Secretary, Communication Workers Union, Australia
Krista L. Cortes, Unit Chair, UAW L. 2865, UC Berkeley
Heather Cottin, Professional Staff Congress, NYC
Mike Cushman, Membership Secretary, London School of Economics, University and College Union branch (UCU)
Denise D’Anne, SEIU L. 1021
Joe Davies, Organizer, Southern Local Government Officers Union, Christchurch NZ
Warren Davis, Exec. VP (Retired), AFGE L. 2006, Philadelphia
Richard Deaton, Ph.D., LL.B., Asst. Director of Research, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)(retired)
Francisco Martin del Campo, Head Steward, UAW L. 2685, UC Berkeley Unit
Jacob Denz, GSOC/UAW L. 2110; NYU; Brooklyn, NY
Roger Dittmann, PhD, Former Secretary, United Professors of California
Monique Dols, UFT, NYC
Greg Dropkin, Unison; Liverpool Friends of Palestine, UK
Tim Dubnau, Organizing Coordinator, CWA District One
Arla S. Ertz, SEIU L. 1021 San Francisco
Shelley Ettinger, AFT L. 3882, NYC
Mark Evard, National Director, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ottawa ON
Mikos Fabersunne, Professional Engineers in California Government (retired)
Jessica Feldman, UAW L. 2110, NYC
Chris Ferlazzo, Portland Jobs with Justice
Prof. Mary E. Finn, Ph. D., United University Professionals, State University of New York at Buffalo
Prof. Patrick J. Finn, Ph. D., United University Professionals, State University of New York at Buffalo
Gord Fischer, National Director, CUPW Prairie Region, Winnipeg MB
Jon Flanders, Past President, IAM 1145
Prof. Manzar Foroohar, former Chapter President, California Faculty Association-Cal Poly
Sheena Foster, Global Labour University Alumni
Andre Francois, Recording Secretary, USW L. 8751
Carol Gay, President, NJ State Industrial Union Council
Maxine Gay, Retail Finance & Commerce Secretary, FIRST Union New Zealand
Carl Gentile, National Representative, American Federation of Government Employees
Christine Geovanis National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Alborz Ghandehari, Recording Secretary, San Diego Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Worker Union)
Hadi Gharabaghi, GSOC-UAW L. 2110; Cinema Studies, NYU
Steve Gillis, VP USW L. 8751 (Boston School Bus Drivers’ Union)
Mike Gimbel, Chairperson, Labor/Community Unity Committee, L. 375, AFSCME
Greg Giorgio, Delegate, Upstate NY Regional Branch, Industrial Workers of the World
Nathan Goldbaum, Member Communications Coordinator, Chicago Teachers Union, AFT L. 1
Marty Goodman, former Executive Board member, Transport Workers Union L. 100
Erik Green, UAW L. 2865, Financial Secretary, Santa Cruz CA
Ira Grupper, Delegate (retired), Greater Louisville (KY) Central Labor Council, BCTGM L. 16T
Maria Guillen, SEIU L. 1021
Gabriel Haaland, CWA L. 9404
Jesse Hagopian, Seattle Education Association/NEA
Denise Hammond, Unifor 591 G
David Heap, University of Western Ontario Faculty Association
Jenny Heinz, 1199SEIU
Stanley Heller, 40-year AFT member, West Haven, CT, now AFT 933 (retired)
Lucy Herschel, Delegate, 1199SEIU, NYC
Fred Hirsch, VP, Plumbers and Fitters L. 393, San Jose CA
Michael Hirsch, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981
Bridgett Holloman, 1199SEIU, Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn NY
Alexandra Holmstrom-Smith, Chair, UCLA Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Worker Union)
Jim Holstun, UUP Buffalo Center Chapter, NYSUT, AFT
Evert Hoogers, National Union Rep., CUPW (retired)
Cherrene Horazuk, President, AFSCME L. 3800
Jonathan House, President (1979-1981), Executive Director (1982-1989), Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU
Sean Howard, Shop Steward, IBT L. 559, Hartford CT
Janet Hudgins, CUPE (retired)
Ren-yo Hwang, S. VP, UAW 2865, Los Angeles
Joe Iosbaker, Executive Board, SEIU L. 73
Malathi Iyenga, San Diego Unit Chair, UAW L. 2865
Joe Jamison, TWU L. 100 (retired)
James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator, Alliance for Global Justice
Michael P. Kaehler, President, APWU L. 647, Saint Cloud MN Area
Marianne Kaletzky, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865 Berkeley CA
Dan Kaplan, Executive Secretary, AFT L. 1493, San Mateo Community College Federation of Teachers
Jim Kaplan, former member, Somerville Teachers Association, MA
Wendy Kaufmyn, Executive Board, AFT L. 2121 (faculty union of City College of San Francisco)
Brian Kelly, UCU Belfast (formerly Carpenters L. 33 Boston and IUMSWA L. 25 East Boston)
Sue Kelly, OPEIU L. 334 (retired)
Russell Kilday-Hicks, VP, California State Employees Association
Ed Kinchley, San Francisco Committee on Political Education; Co-chair, SEIU L. 1021, San Francisco
John Kirkland, Carpenters L. 1462, Bucks County PA
Steve Kirschbaum, Grievance Committee Chair, USW L. 8751
David Klein, California Faculty Association
Jeff Klein, Retired President, NAGE/SEIU L. R1-168
Cindy Klumb, OPEIU L. 153
Richard Koritz, Former President, NALC Branch 630, Greensboro NC
Dennis Kortheuer, California Faculty Association
Bud Korotzer, Shop Steward, AFSCME District Council 37, L. 371 (retired)
Daniella Korotzer, Former VP & Health & Safety Rep., ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Francine Korotzer, Shop Steward, AFSCME District Council 37, L. 2054 (retired)
Dennis Kosuth, Shop Steward, Convention Delegate, National Nurses Organizing Committee, National Nurses United
Rebecca Kurti, 1199SEIU
Elizabeth Lalasz, Steward & Bargaining Team Rep., National Convention Delegate, District 13, National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses Unites (NNOC/NNU)
Zoe Lawlor, Unite Teacher, University of Limerick, Ireland
Howard Lenow, American Jews For A Just Peace, trade union lawyer
Kristin Lew, 1199SEIU
Stephen Lewis, SEIU L. 509
Joe Lombardo, CSEA L. 999, Troy Area Labor Council
Marsha Love, UALE, Chicago
Michael Lyon, AFT L. 2121 (retiree)
John McColgan, SENA 9158, United Steelworkers of America
Maureen McDermott, UFT, NYC
Henry Maar, Trustee, UAW L. 2865
Amir M. Maasoumi, former member, Federation des travailleurs du Quebec (FTQ)
Shafeah M’Balia, National Assn. of Letter Carriers, Greenville, NC Branch 1729; Black Workers For Justice
Cindy McCallum Miller, President, Castlegar Local Canadian Union of Postal Workers, BC
Edward Miller, Strategic Adviser, FIRST Union, Auckland NZ
Gail Miller, UFT, NYC
Nathaniel Miller, Industrial Workers of the World
Susan Olivia Morris, Alternate VP, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Irene Morrison, Recording Secretary, UAW 2865, UC Riverside
Hlokoza Motau, National Union of Metalworkers’ Union (Numsa), Johannesburg, South Africa
Kenneth Myers, United Federation of Teachers, NYC
Ken Nash, AFSCME L. 1930, DC 37
Lisa North, AFT L. 2, Brooklyn NY
Raquel Pacheco, UAW L. 2865, San Diego CA
Meredith Palmer, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, UC Berkeley
Jackson Pitts, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, UC Riverside
Maria Pizarro, AFSCME L. 2081
Marion Pollack, retiree, Vancouver BC
Jay Poppa, VP, Bridgeport Education Association, Bridgeport, CT
Dr. Anna Potempska, PhD, PEF (retired), NY
Andre’ Powell, AFSCME Delegate, Baltimore Central Labor Council
Peter Rachleff, Labor Educator; UALE
Natasha Raheja, Bargaining Committee, GSOC-UAW L. 2110, NYC
Melissa Rakestraw, Executive Board and Shop Steward, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 825, Oakbrook IL
Croft Randle, Retired Local Officer and Provincial Representative, Telecommunications Workers Union, BC Canada
Ben Ratliffe, Steward, AFSCME L. 60, WI
Dominic Renda, Chief Shop Steward, CWA L. 1105
Eric Robson, Steward and Trustee, AFSCME L. 171, Madison WI
Marco Antonio Rosales, Unit Chair, UAW L. 2865, UC Davis
Mimi Rosenberg, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Keith Rosenthal, AFSCME L. 3650, Somerville MA
Prof. Emerita Marguerite G. Rosenthal, Massachusetts State College Association/Mass. Education Assn./NEA
Andrew Ross, AAUP, NYU
Janice Rothstein, AFSCME L. 3299, San Francisco
Christina Rousseau, CUPE 3903, Toronto ON
David Russitano, Executive Board, United Educators of San Francisco, AFT/CFT L. 61
Gillian Russom, Board of Directors, United Teachers Los Angeles, AFT L. 1021
Carl Sack, AFT L. 3220, UW-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association
Keith Sadler, UAW L. 2, Toledo OH
Lauren Schaeffer, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, Los Angeles CA
Charity Schmidt, Former Co-President, University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA)
Robert M. Schwartz, National Writers Union/UAW L. 1981, Boston MA
Helen Scott, United Academics AAUP/AFT L. 4996, Burlington VT
Mary Scully, IUE-CWA L. 201 (retired)
Snehal Shingavi, Texas State Employees Union/CWA L. 6186, Austin TX
Tyler Shipley, CUPE L. 3903; Toronto ON
Ahmad Shirazi, Former Board Member, IATSE L. 700, NYC
Sid Shniad, Former Research Director, Telecommunications Workers Union, Vancouver BC
Jerry Silberman, Senior Staff Rep., Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
Lorrie Beth Slonsky, SEIU L. 1021; Paramedic (retired)
Larry Smallwood, former Telecommunications Workers Union of Canada; Volunteer President L. 7; human rights officer; union activist for equity rights
Nancy Snyder, Recording Secretary Emeritus, SEIU L. 1021
David Sole, Past President, UAW L. 2334, Detroit
Peter Spitzform, AFT/AAUP, University of Vermont
Brenda Stokely, former President, AFSCME DC 1707; co-founder, NYC Labor Against the War; Co-Chair, Million Worker March Movement
Alan Stolzer, Bakers L. 3 (retired)
Susan Stout, Unifor 2002, Canada (retired)
Dante Strobino, UE L. 150, North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, Durham
Brian J. Sullivan, LSSA/UAW L. 2320, NYC
Rick Sullivan, BC Retired Teachers’ Association, Parksville BC
Lee Sustar, NWU/UAW L. 1981; Chicago IL
Alice Sturm Sutter, NYSNA (retired), NYC
Team Solidarity – the Voice of United School Bus Workers
Steve Terry, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Clarence Thomas, Co-Chair, Million Worker March; Executive Board, ILWU L. 10
Elizabeth Thornton, Head Steward, UCLA Unit, UAW L. 2865 (UC Student-Workers Union)
Joanne Tien, Head Steward, UAW L. 2865, Oakland CA.
Azalia Torres, Former Executive Board Member, ALAA/UAW L. 2325, NYC Legal Aid Society
Mike Treen, National Director, Unite Union NZ
Corey Uhl, IBT L. 79, Tampa FL
Jaime Veve, Transport Workers Union L. 100, NYC (retired)
Nantina Vgontzas, GSOC/UAW L. 2110, NYU
Sabina Virgo, Founding and Past President, AFSCME L. 2620
Kay L. Walker, SEIU L. 1021, San Francisco (retired)
Peter Waterman, Researcher/writer on labour internationalisms; ABVA-KABO, The Hague, Netherlands
Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council
Nancy Welch, Delegate, UVM United Academics AFT/AAUP
Bruce Wolf, Social Justice Committee, OPEIU L. 2
Sherry Wolf, CWA L. 1032
Cynthia Wright, CUPE 3903
Garrett Wright, National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW L. 2320, NYC
Eddie Yood, CWA L. 1180 Liaison to US Labor Against the War
Carol F. Yost, Organization of Staff Analysts, NYC (retired)
Steve Zeltzer, CWA L. 39521; Pacific Media Workers; KPFA WorkWeek Radio
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Labor for Palestine Model Resolution
Stop the War on Gaza: No Arms for Apartheid Israel — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions!
Whereas, Israel is committing yet another series of massacres in Gaza, many victims of which include workers, children, entire families the elderly, and the disabled; and
Whereas, Palestinian workers and their families continue to be killed and maimed by naval vessels, jet fighters, Apache helicopters, white phosphorous and other weapons supplied by the US and its allies; and
Whereas, during 2009-2018, the US government is set to provide military aid to Israel worth $30 billion; and
Whereas, Israel claims of “self-defense” are a thinly disguised pretext for more than a century of Zionist colonialism, dispossession, ethnic cleaning, racism, and genocide against the Palestinian people — including Israel’s very establishment through the uprooting and displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians during the 1947-1948 Nakba. Indeed, eighty percent of the 1.8 million people sealed into Gaza are refugees; and
Whereas, veteran South African freedom fighters have observed that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is “worse than apartheid”; and
Whereas, on July 12, 2014, Gaza civil society issued an urgent appeal for solidarity, calling for an arms embargo and full Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel, which demands an end to Israeli military occupation of the 1967 territories; full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel; and the right of return for Palestinian refugees, as affirmed by UN resolution 194; and
Whereas, on July 10, 2014, the Congress of South African Trade Unions denounced the latest Israeli massacres in Gaza, and called “on the international trade union movement, various civil society organisations, international religious bodies and even business to speak out against savagery and barbarism against fellow human beings”; and
Whereas, on July 11, 2014, Unite, the biggest union in the UK and Ireland, stated that it “unreservedly condemns the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and calls for the military strikes and the military build up to be halted immediately,” and reiterated its support for BDS; and
Whereas, the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against apartheid Israel has been endorsed by numerous labor bodies around the world, including the trade union congresses of South Africa, Egypt, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland and the UK, and labor bodies in Australia, France, Canada, Norway, Catalunya, Italy, Spain and Turkey; and
Whereas, top U.S. labor officials nonetheless continues to invest billions of from union members’ pension funds in State of Israel Bonds, a pillar of apartheid that enjoys tax-exempt status from the U.S. government; and
Whereas, in opposing the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent”; and
Whereas, Nelson Mandela declared: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians”;
Therefore:
• We endorse Labor for Palestine’s statement Trade Unionists Say: Stop the War on Gaza: No Arms for Apartheid Israel — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions!
• We call on the US government and its allies to end all aid to Israel.
• We call on workers to emulate dockers in South Africa, India, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, the US west coast, and elsewhere, by refusing to handle military or any other cargo destined for Israel.
• We call on labor bodies to divest from Israel Bonds, and cut ties with the Histadrut, Israel’s racist labor federation.
July 29, 2014
2014.07.29: Updated Signers (173) of Mass Free Speech Grievance
From: Letwin, Michael
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 1:25 PM
To: ALAA Members, 1199 Members
Subject: Updated Signers (173) of Mass Free Speech Grievance
On July 29, 2014, the ALAA Joint Council voted to “authorize this grievance to proceed through the third step of the grievance process.”
Additional individual endorsers from both ALAA and 1199 will continue to be listed below.
Mass Free Speech Grievance
July 15, 2014
List in formation: 173 Signers: 130 ALAA members (including 54 ACLA members*) and 43 1199/SEIU members
The undersigned members of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325 and 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East hereby join in grieving Legal Aid Society management’s attempt to ban “non-work-related matter involving the current situation in the Middle East,” as reflected in the two warnings (attached below), concerning messages to the ALAA email discussion list.
This censorship is just the most recent reflection of more than twelve years of pandering to complaints and threats by those seeking to silence antiwar and Palestine human rights opinion at Legal Aid.
Regardless of our individual political views, the targeted speech — like earlier opposition to racial segregation, the Vietnam War, or South African apartheid — is protected under ALAA Collective Bargaining Agreement §§ 3.5 (“Free Speech”) and 1.5. (“Union Activities”), and under relevant 1199SEIU contractual provisions.
In addition, such discrimination contributes to a broader hostile work environment for Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians and other people of color, in violation of ALAA Collective Bargaining Agreement § 3.1.1. (“Non-Discrimination”), CBA § 3.1.2. (“Affirmative Action”), relevant 1199SEIU contractual provisions, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
It is irrelevant that ALAA has agreed to eventually relocate its discussion list from the Society’s email system. As long as the current list exists, management may not selectively censor particular views or entire topics, while at the same time turning a blind eye to innumerable political and “non-work-related” messages — often sent by the very same list members who demand censorship of others.
There is no “heckler’s veto” or “Palestine exception” when it comes to free speech.
Moreover, since recipients can easily delete, or configure their individual Outlook settings to automatically “opt-out” of, Palestinian rights (or any other) messages, management may not engage in selective censorship under the guise of additional, unfathomable, unspecified “op-out” procedures.
We call on management to rescind this ban, and respect our free speech rights.
Signers (List in Formation)
*Denotes Attorneys of Color of Legal Aid (ACLA) member
Michael Letwin
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Former President, ALAA/UAW 2325
Noha Arafa*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Azalia Torres*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Former Sr. Attorney & Attorneys of Color (ACLA) Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Noor Ahmad*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Susan Olivia Morris
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Alternate Vice President, ALAA/UAW 2325
Jane Sampeur*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Pooja Kothari*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lucy Herschel
Criminal Defense-Queens
Delegate, 1199SEIU
Marlen S. Bodden*
Criminal Defense-Special Litigation
ALAA/UAW 2325
Nora Carroll
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Antonia Codling*
Criminal Defense-Bronx
Affirmative Action Rep., ALAA/UAW Local 2325
Laurie Dick
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Monica D. Dula*
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lisa Edwards*
Civil-Harlem
ALAA/UAW 2325
Taylor James*
Housing Help Program, Civil-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Daniella Korotzer
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Former Vice President and Health & Safety Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Rebecca Kurti
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Patrick Langhenry
Civil-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Kristin Lew
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
Former Negotiating Committee Member, 1199SEIU
Florence Morgan*
Criminal Defense-Queens
ALAA/UAW 2325
Mimi Rosenberg
Civil-Brooklyn Neighborhood Office
ALAA/UAW 2325
Steve Terry
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Alexandra Smith
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bahar Ansari*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Luke Schram
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Stephanie Pope
Criminal Defense-Staten Island
ALAA/UAW 2325
Brittany Thomas*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Antonio Villaamil*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Claire Nicolay
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Antoinette Kirwan*
Juvenile Rights-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Kathryn Thiesenhusen
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lauren Katzman
Juvenile Rights-Broklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Elena Roberts
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Aurea Gonzalez
Paralegal 1
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Rigodis Appling*
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Donella Green*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Dale Ventura*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Jawaid Stationwala*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Greg Johnston
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Katherine Fitzer
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Julie Fry
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Vice President, ALAA/UAW 2325
ManI Tafari*
Criminal Defense-Queens
ALAA/UAW 2325
Ferdinand Cesarano
Criminal Defense-Central Admin.
1199SEIU
Eric Meggett*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Steven Wasserman
Criminal Defense-Special Litigation
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Willliam Brosh, LCSW
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Roslyn Morrison*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lisa Pitts*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Titus Mathai*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Hilary Dowling
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Bridgett Holloman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Anna Boksenbaum
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Alternate Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Steven Kliman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bernadette Jackson
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Joseph Lavine
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Asmika Dangol
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Claudia Diez
Paralegal II
Criminal Appeals
1199SEIU
Jeffrey Sugarman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Adrian Lesher
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Grover Francis
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Alternate Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Scott Rudnick
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn|
ALAA/UAW 2325
Warren Deans
Criminal Defense-Central Admin.
1199SEIU
Steven Douglas Levine
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lois Jackson
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Cynthia Pong*
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Erin M Bannister
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Genesis Fisher*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Tajuana B. Johnson*
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bina Ahmad*
Criminal Defense-Staten Island
ALAA/UAW 2325
Naila Siddiqui*
Parole Revocation Defense
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Marie Mombrun*
Civil-Queens
Alt. Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Stephanie J. Fields
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Jacob Rolls
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Rumzi Araj
Criminal Defense-Bronx
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Fazeela Siddiqui*
Civil-Queens
ALAA/UAW 2325
Zoie T. Mair*
Criminal Defense-Staten Island
ALAA/UAW 2325
Jeremiah Schlotman*
Civil-Brooklyn Neighborhood Office
ALAA/UAW 2325
Rodrigo Santelices*
Civil-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Anne Oredeko*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Junior Attorney Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Samantha Seda*
Criminal Defense-Queens
ALAA/UAW 2325
Ivan Pantoja*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Middle Attorney Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Shahar Azoulay*
Parole Revocation Defense
ALAA/UAW 2325
Andrea Ibrahim*
Criminal Defense-Staten Island
ALAA/UAW 2325
Femi Disu*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Affirmative Action Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Robert Newman
Criminal Defense-Special Litigation
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bobby Codjoe*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Cory Walker
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Daniel Moore
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Jason Wu*
Civil-HCLO
ALAA/UAW 2325
Mark Weiner
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Laura Rose Bull
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate and Junior Attorney Alt. Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Alison Schill
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Kayla Simpson
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bridgette Bissonnette
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
LGBT Caucus Alternate Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Alma Magaña*
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
Vice President, ALAA/UAW 2325
Candace Graff
Paralegal II
Juvenile Rights-Special Litigation
1199SEIU
Amy Dallas
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Susan Light
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Nadine Griffin
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Imtiaz Hossain*
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Svetlana M. Kornfeind
Criminal Appeals
ALAA/UAW 2325
Frederic Pratt
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Former Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Hernscica Vincent
Paralegal
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Joshua Carrin
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Madeline Porta
Criminal Defense-Queens
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lori Masco
Juvenile Rights-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Melissa Leigh Ballowe
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
Alternate Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Alicia Thomas*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Cynthia LaCaprucia Taylor
Civil-Harlem
Alternate Vice President (Civil Div.), ALAA/UAW 2325
Juan Charbonier
Criminal Defense-Queens
1199SEIU
Hasan Shafiqullah*
Civil-Immigration Law
LGBT Caucus
Former delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Helen Frieder
Civil-Bronx
LGBT Caucus Alternate Rep., ALAA/UAW 2325
Nada Geha
Civil-Staten Island
ALAA/UAW 2325
Richard Blum
Civil-Employment Law
ALAA/UAW 2325
Young Woo Lee
Civil-Employment Law
Alternate Vice President (Civil Div.), ALAA/UAW 2325
Jane Fox
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Todd Smith
Juvenile-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Felicia Leak
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Jeremy E.W. Fredericksen
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Bridgett Holloman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Mitchell Paolo Esteller*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Jodi Smith*
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Vanita Martin
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Monique Fleury-Brown
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Rachel Messer
Juvenile Rights-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Robert Soriano-Hewitt*
Civil-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Lauren Monosoff
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Margaret Garrett
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Crystal Baker-Burr
Juvenile Rights-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Genitha Wint
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Deborah Pollack|
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
1199SEIU
Bharati Narumanchi*
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Grace Oboma-Layat*
Juvenile Rights-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Robin Gordon Leavitt
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Erin Tomlinson
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Alix Willard
Criminal Defense-Bronx
Delegate, 1199SIEU
Makeysha Woodman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Lejla Bajrami
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Leah Maloney
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Michelle McGrath
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
ALAA/UAW 2325
Yvonne Nix
Criminal Defense-Manhattan
ALAA/UAW 2235
Alyssa Cose-Primus
Forensic Social Worker
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Diane Akerman
Queens CDP
ALAA/UAW
Anthony Posada*
Queens CDP
ALAA/UAW
Valerie LeBrew
Civil-Queens
1199SEIU Delegate
Omar Garcia
Civil-Brooklyn
1199SEIU Delegate
Jamaal Burnside
Juvenile Rights-Brooklyn
1199SEIU Delegate
Aisha King
Criminal Defense-Staten Island
1199SEIU Delegate
Javier Chuck
Civil-Harlem
1199SEIU Delegate
Magnus Mukoro
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU Delegate
Shawn Bosler
Juvenile Rights-Bronx
1199SEIU
Terence Davidson
Criminal Defense-Central Admin.
1199SEIU
Anastasia Taketomo
Juvenile Rights-LGBT Law and Policy Initiative
1199SEIU
Mily Rosa
Criminal Defense-Queens
1199SEIU
Lasalle Jones
Criminal Defense-Bronx
1199SEIU
Adriano De Gennaro
Civil-Prisoners’ Rights
1199SEIU
Abida Chaudhry
Criminal Appeals
1199SEIU
Phillip Guttman
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Susan Yousefi
Civil-Brooklyn
1199SEIU
Joseph Rivera
Criminal Defense-Queens
1199SEIU
Liliana Canela
Civil-Queens
1199SEIU
Michael Pate
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
Delegate, ALAA/UAW 2325
Pauloma Martinez*
Criminal Defense-Queens
ALAA/UAW
Cheryl Williams*
Criminal Appeals
ALAA/UAW 2325
Emily Poppish
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Sarah Marie Young
Parole Revocation Defense
ALAA/UAW 2325
Jess Braverman
Juvenile Rights-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
Catheranne Wyly
Juvenile Rights-Manhattan
ALAA/UAW 2325
Susan Sternberg
Civil-Lower Manhattan
Alternate Senior Attorneys Representative, ALAA/UAW 2325
Joshua Norkin, Esq.
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Bridget McDevitt
Criminal Defense-Bronx
ALAA/UAW 2325
Catherine Norris
Civil-Harlem Community Law Office
ALAA/UAW 2325
Alexander Smith
Criminal Defense-Brooklyn
ALAA/UAW 2325
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ATTACHMENTS
From: Fox, Allan
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 4:16 PM
To: Letwin, Michael
Cc: Wright, Deborah
Subject: The Society’s email policy
In 2009 and 2013, The Legal Aid Society entered into agreements with the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys to achieve compliance with the Society’s longstanding e-mail policies and to clarify the parameters of Article 1.5 of the collective bargaining agreement with respect to ALAA’s use of the Society’s e-mail system. (See copies of the attached agreements.) The 2009 agreement provides that on an interim basis, the Society agrees to permit ALAA members to create personal e-mail groups, provided however that before and after setting up a personal e-mail group any and all potential or existing members of the personal e-mail group must be given an opportunity to opt out of the personal mail group. Yesterday and today, we received several e-mails to ALAA members about a non-work-related matter sent by you involving the current situation in the Middle East, along with complaints from several ALAA members who received such communications who have elected to opt out of receiving them under the 2009 agreement. As we have previously advised you, it is a violation of the Society’s e-mail policy and the 2009 agreement to send unwanted non-work-related communications to Society employees who have opted out of receiving such communications. We are directing you to cease such actions and expect you to abide by your obligations under the 2009 agreement with ALAA and the Society’s e-mail policy. (Emphasis added.)
______________________________________________
From: Fox, Allan
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 3:05 PM
To: Herschel, Lucy
Subject: Email Policy & Usage
As we reiterated in an e-mail to all staff on June 26, The Legal Aid Society’s e-mail system is to be used for work-related communications. Our e-mail policy is clearly set forth in the Employee Handbook, which has been posted on LASnet for many years. Relevant portions were quoted in an e-mail today to all LAS staff. You recently sent a non-work-related e-mail communication to all ALAA and 1199 staff about recent events in the Middle East, and we have received a number of complaints from staff members who object to the communication. We are directing you to cease sending non-work-related communications that violate the policy and expect you to abide by your obligations under the Society’s e-mail policy. (Emphasis added.)
July 23, 2014
2014.07.23: Urgent Action: 600+ Palestinians Killed (Including 157+ children)
From: Torres, Azalia
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:33 PM
To: ALAA MEMBERS; 1199 Members
Subject: Urgent Action: 600+ Palestinians Killed (Including 157+ children)
Importance: High
Notice: This is Protected Speech: ALAA Collective Bargaining Agreement §§ 3.5 (“Free Speech”), 1.5. (“Union Activities”), 3.1.1. (“Non-Discrimination”), 3.1.2. (“Affirmative Action”); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
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