MFJ Union

Wall-to-wall staff union at Mobilization for Justice Inc | Civil legal services workers | @ALAA2325 @UAWRegion9A @UAW | Views are our own

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: WE WON!!🚨🚨

Yesterday, May 20, 2024, 72% of participating shop members voted to ratify management’s most recent contract offer and end the strike!

🧵More info about some of our victories in the thread below

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📣Press Release: After Grueling Campaign, The Bronx Defenders Union–UAW Local 2325 Ratifies Historic Contract

"'It took each and every @bronxdefenders worker to make this contract possible,' said Babatunde Aremu, Chapter Chair of BxD Union."

📎: https://t.co/XK7YqJdEHu

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

YES 👏✊

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📢 Our contract has been ratified by our membership!

Today, with 92% participation, 91% of voting members opted to ratify our 2024-26 contract with a 1-year salary reopener.

This contract is the result of the collective effort of all of our members. We're ready for 2025 & 2026!

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

regardless of the outcome of the vote - @BxDUnion wins!

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

On July 17, after seventeen hours of grueling negotiations, The Bronx Defenders management and collective bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement.

We saw historic wins in BxD Union’s second contract negotiations, including: (🧵1/)

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

We’ll share more later, but, as a preview, we secured:
✅ 8-10% salary increases
✅ A 2-year contract term with the right to strike for wages after 1 year in line with @alaa2325 sectoral bargaining
✅ A fair, flexible telecommuting policy
✅ A free speech provision (2/3)

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

👏

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

After 17 hours of bargaining, at 2:20 am, the BxD Union Collective Bargaining Committee and BxD Management reached a tentative agreement. 🧵(1/3)

[Brenden Ross @BrendenRoss2]

My biggest takeaway from @MFJUnion’s strike is that when workers fight, we win. But it was always in managements power to give us an offer that wouldve avoided a strike.

@BxDUnion workers are going to win. Management choosing to get there the hard way is just ego and stupidity.

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📢📢📢 Call to Action for BxD Alumni!

If you're a former BxDer who wants to better understand what's happening with the Union and how to support, read our statement for alumni @ https://t.co/E8LknsZIl3

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

Solidarity with our @BxDUnion siblings! @BronxDefenders management: the choice is yours. Offer a fair contract in the coming weeks or force your staff and clients the unnecessary hardship of going on strike.

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📢Press Release: The Bronx Defenders Union Announces Unlimited Unfair Labor Practice Strike Beginning Week of July 22, 2024 📢

🔗 Read the press release in full at https://t.co/XcfN5JXyt3

📷: @MichaelLetwin

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📢 Press Release: With an Expired Contract and Historic Strike Authorization Vote, The Bronx Defenders Union Prepares for Imminent Strike 📢

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

⏳ Our contract expires June 30th, and @BronxDefenders management has failed to recognize who really makes BxD run, who really defends the Bronx, and who really cares about the mission of The Bronx Defenders. 🧵(1/3)

[A Better NYLAG @ABetterNYLAG]

Today, members took it one step further by filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. As it reads in the statement; “We are committed to fighting this policy until it is retracted in full.” We will not be silenced. 🍉

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

solidarity with @ABetterNYLAG in their fight against @nylag management’s reprehensible suppression of workers’ free speech.

[A Better NYLAG @ABetterNYLAG]

For almost a month, NYLAG management has made it their mission to harass and intimidate workers for their pro-Palestine speech in our office and our membership has now said ENOUGH! 🧵

[UAW Region 9A @UAWRegion9A]

Sean Davis of @MFJUnion & @LSSA2320 spoke outside NY City Hall today in favor of the #HomesNow campaign for $2.5b in funding.

"We need permanently affordable housing. We’re proud that our union took the lead in committing to a justice agenda & for Homes Now in the final budget."

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

Tick tock @BronxDefenders ⏳

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

📣 Approximately 200 people (yes we counted!!) turned out for today’s picket. 📣 🧵 1/

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

👀The lowest-paid workers at @BronxDefenders earn $52,343 annually—almost $17,000 less than a living wage for NYC. Meanwhile, in 2022, BxD’s Executive Director compensation was $339,051.

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

🚨🚨BxD Union needs your help!🚨🚨
🔎Can you help us find these missing @BronxDefenders executives?
🤔They’ve been absent from almost every bargaining session since March, slowing down negotiations.
🗓️We bargain again on Mon. 6/10. Check back in then to see who shows up!

[SENS-UAW @SENSUAW]

🔗 https://t.co/BBiWA5yQGP ✍️✍️✍️

[MFJ Union @MFJUnion]

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[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

We also call on our employer @BronxDefenders, which claims to be committed to "radically transforming" the "justice system," to end its silence regarding this recent wave of violent arrests of protesters, which even peer organizations have condemned. (2/2)

[The Bronx Defenders Union - UAW Local 2325 @BxDUnion]

Today, The Bronx Defenders Union-UAW Local 2325 voted to release this statement condemning repression of pro-Palestine speech, calling for charges against protesters to be dropped, and reaffirming our commitment to Palestinian liberation. Read it @ https://t.co/X4OBj4b4p2 (1/2)