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NLG Labor & Employment Committee: May Day Demands During COVID-19 and Beyond
Posted on May 1, 2020
The following statement was prepared by the NLG Labor and Employment Committee: The NLG expresses solidarity with workers and communities across the globe who are mobilizing on May Day 2020. Around the globe, International Workers Day is a day of celebration of the working class movement and its achievements. It is also a day to escalate […]

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NLG Statement on COVID-19: Solidarity in Times of Crisis
Posted on March 18, 2020
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is committed to building collective power and solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spirit of our mission of valuing human rights and the rights of ecosystems over property interests: “We must lift coercive economic sanctions, prioritize mutual aid, ensure access to quality health care for all, and secure protections […]

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270 Deaths Foretold: Report highlights corporate responsibility for Brumadinho dam collapse in Brazil
Posted on February 18, 2020
“The Collapse was predictable. It was not an act of God or Nature. That this was predictable heightens our pain. The event is not in the past, it is in the present, [while it also] lives in people’s memories and in their pain. We live with that collapsed dam in people’s hearts.” – Auxiliary Bishop […]

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March 2020 NLG Labor and Employment Committee Cuba Delegation & Labor Rights Conference
Posted on December 14, 2019
The Association of American Jurists (AAJ) and Association of Latin American Labor Lawyers (ALAL) invite labor and employment professionals to the: 21st annual bilateral professional research project, followed by 14th International Conference on Labor Rights in Cuba Approximate Dates: March 7-15, 2020 Endorsed by: The National Lawyers Guild Labor and Employment Committee The Labor Law […]

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NLG Statement in Solidarity with the People of Chile
Posted on October 25, 2019
(En Español abajo) The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) of the United States expresses its solidarity with the Chilean people and strongly condemns the brutal repression with which the government of Chilean President Piñera is responding to the people’s demands for democracy and economic justice. We express our support for our sister organization, the Association of […]

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IC/LEC CLE Registration for Law for the People 2019: Human Rights for the People: The Gig Economy, Precarity and the Right to Healthcare
Posted on September 25, 2019
Human Rights for the People: The Gig Economy, Precarity and the Right to Healthcare Thursday, October 17 1 pm to 5 pm at the Law for the People Convention 21c Museum Hotel Durham 111 Corcoran Street, Durham, North Carolina This CLE is being presented by the National Lawyers Guild’s International Committee and Labor and Employment […]

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Urgent action: 12/10 Deadline to Comment on Trump’s Public Charge Regulations!
Posted on December 6, 2018
We are republishing the following action alert and encourage all to take part. the deadline for comments is 12/10 — this Monday! And you can easily transmit your comment by clicking on the link below or via protectingimmigrantfamilies.org website. The Trump administration is continuing its destructive efforts to vilify immigrants. The administration has proposed a new “Public Charge” regulation that would block […]

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March 2019 NLG Labor and Employment Committee Research Delegation to Cuba – Brochure and Information
Posted on November 3, 2018
Save the Date: March 15-24, 2019 20th Anniversary Cuba Research Delegation and 12th International Conference on Labor Rights (dates are approximate) More information in our 2019 Brochure. The National Lawyers Guild Labor & Employment Committee serves as program consultant to Marazul Charters, a licensed travel service provider, on an annual research program in Cuba. The program consists of an […]

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NYC, June 12: “Couscous – Seeds of Dignity” Film Screening and Discussion
Posted on June 8, 2018
Tuesday, June 12 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Verso’s Brooklyn Loft 20 Jay Street, Ste 1010 Brooklyn, NY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/367103263777711/ We are delighted to invite you for a film screening and an evening discussion of Habib Ayeb’s “Couscous: Seeds of Dignity”. This award-winning documentary focuses on the political, social, economic and ecological conditions of cereal […]

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International Days of Action to Free the Maruti 13. The Struggle is Global!
Posted on April 4, 2017
The Provisional Working Committee of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (Haryana, India) have called for International Days of Protest on April 4th & 5th. (See below). Call your local Indian Embassy! Email & Use Social Media! Let the Indian government know that we demand the Release of the #Maruti13! Join the Facebook page for the protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/252366611893421/ […]

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