by Press | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsclips, Press Releases
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) signed an agreement that sets the terms for a card-check process for voluntary recognition. Upon confirmation of majority staff support for NPEU through this...
by Press | Aug 12, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Donald Trump’s campaign Twitter account, tweeted posts today highlighting four alleged ‘regular criminals,’ all of them Black. The post claimed that all were allegedly released from jail as a result of former Vice President Joe Biden’s...
by Press | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog, Press Releases
(HARRISBURG, Penn.) — Four nonpartisan advocacy groups and three voters from Allegheny County have asked a state court in Pennsylvania to rule that they may intervene in an election-related lawsuit filed by the state Democratic Party. ...
by Press | Aug 11, 2020 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a letter on Monday to the Wilmington, N.C. Civil Service Commission in North Carolina, concerning former Officer James B. Gilmore, whose employment was terminated after being captured on video making racist remarks...
by Press | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
August 9, 2020 Dear Friends, Supporters, and Allies for Racial Justice: As some of you may be aware, in recent months a unionizing effort has been underway at the Lawyers’ Committee. Throughout our 57-year history, the Lawyers’ Committee has defended the right...
