Kayan, Mary-Ellen, and 40 others support this project.
Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers (GLOW)

The Worker Center Bar: Lawyering in Support of Low-Wage Worker Movement

Increase legal resources and support for workers in low-wage industries throughout the country.

Posted August 8, 2024

Background & Context

Grassroots Law and Organizing for Workers (GLOW) is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through deep partnerships with worker centers and other base-building organizations.

GLOW seeks to support the movement for economic, racial and gender justice by building a base of experienced and value-aligned movement lawyers throughout the country; partnering with worker centers to implement hybrid legal and organizing strategies that build worker power; leading and coordinating strategic litigation; and providing legal analysis on legislative policies.

GLOW is currently looking for just-minded attorneys to work with us in supporting low-wage workers across the country. We are asking you to join GLOW's Worker Center Bar to provide value-aligned legal resources to worker organizations. The Worker Center Bar is comprised of experienced litigators, new lawyers, law students, and legal workers who use a variety of strategies including popular education legal trainings, strategic research, legislative and labor agency advocacy, and litigation to embolden and defend worker organizations. If you are a lawyer and you are interested in joining GLOW's Worker Center Bar, please sign up.

By joining the Worker Center Bar, you will have the opportunity to:
-Stand in solidarity with frontline communities;
-Serve as a bulwark against the Trump administration’s attacks on non-profit organizations, workers, immigrants, people of color, and other marginalized groups;
-Provide direct support low-wage workers who are struggling to make ends meet, experiencing discrimination, facing unsafe working conditions, and experiencing other violations of their rights;
-Collaborate with a network of like-minded legal professionals dedicated to racial and economic justice;
-Engage in meaningful work that empowers communities and advances worker-led campaigns.

To become a part of the Worker Center Bar and participate in this training, please RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers

Immediate Problem

Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers (GLOW) is working to build a legal infrastructure that can withstand the Trump administration’s attacks on working-class people and the organizations that advocate for them. The future of our democracy requires lawyers and legal workers to step up and stand in solidarity with impacted people, communities, and organizations.

Work & Deliverables

Volunteers may be asked to:

- Accept cases from impacted workers
- Participate in Know Your rights workshops or review materials for Know Your rights workshops to educate workers about their rights
- Review and provide feedback on intakes conducted with workers in low-wage industries
- Research legal resources available to workers who contact GLOW or our partners
- Provide support on workplace justice campaigns
- Provide support to Pro-Worker policy campaigns
- Participate in virtual or in-person legal clinics
- Help GLOW build a base of lawyers accessible to worker organizations
- Conduct legal research for legal & advocacy efforts
- Help raise funds to support worker advocacy efforts
- Mentor new lawyers, law students, or legal workers

Kayan, Mary-Ellen, and 40 others support this project.

Additional Information

  • Time Commitment: 6-10 hours
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Additional Training Details: To become a part of the Worker Center Bar and participate in a virtual training/orientation on July 24th at 3pm EST, please RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers
  • Site-Preference: Remote
  • Open to Law Students: Yes
  • Bar License(s) required: Any Bar License
  • Required Languages: None
  • Preferred Languages: Spanish
  • Required Legal Expertise: None
  • Preferred Legal Expertise: Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Immigration, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Mentoring Provided: Yes
  • Supervision Provided: Yes
Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers (GLOW)

Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers (GLOW) was formerly known as the National Legal Advocacy Network. GLOW is a legal non-profit organization that believes in shifting the balance of power towards greater equity in our economy and society through organizing, empowering systematically marginalized people and challenging entrenched racial discrimination, sexual harassment and exploitative workplace practices and predatory business schemes. GLOW is dedicated to leveraging legal resources to enhance the capacity and sustainability of the low-wage worker movement through community focused lawyering, worker center support, and strategic litigation.

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