Saturday, September 1, 2018

Labor Law Clinic Students Win Settlement for Worker Fired for Union Activities

Cornell Law School has published an article about the students who helped us fight back against our member's unjust termination, resulting in a positive resolution to the NLRB case in December 2017 and the signing of our union contract in April 2018:

"Labor Law Clinic students Michael Iadevaia ’19, David Edelman ’18, and Matt Lutwen ’19 recently won a settlement for their client, Jane Guskin, in a case before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Guskin, who had worked at a nonprofit in New York City for over twenty-four years, had been fired for union-related activity. Guskin had been instrumental in forming a union, starting collective bargaining, and processing grievances on behalf of her coworkers. [...]

"Matt Lutwen said that 'working on the Muste Union's case through its resolution was not only a phenomenal learning experience, but also one of the most meaningful experiences I have had in law school. The work showed me just how important the NLRA's protections are for employees who exercise their collective rights.'" [...]

Read the full article here:
https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/spotlights/labor-law-clinic-students_win_settlement.cfm 

We are grateful for the support of the Cornell Labor Law Clinic and proud to have given these students a valuable experience that will help them to support other workers in the future. A warm thank you to Michael, David, Matt, and Professor Angela Cornell!

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