(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - One day after the contract between The Bronx Defenders (BxD) and its wall-to-wall Union, The Bronx Defenders Union-United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325 (BxD Union), expired, BxD Union’s Bargaining Committee voted to authorize an unlimited Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike beginning the week of July 22nd.

The decision comes after the Bargaining Committee attempted for months to engage BxD’s executive management team in bargaining without success.

Civil Legal Advocate Tyler Johnson, a Member of the BxD Union Bargaining Committee, said: "For the past six months, the Bargaining Committee has worked tirelessly to meet the demands of all (260) of our Members.  BxD Management, in their failure to bargain in good faith, has shown us that they don’t serve the Bronx communities we defend.  Sadly, the solidarity, equity and empathy with which our Union operates appears foreign to them.  Nonetheless, BxD Union stands ready to show BxD Management the value of our labor and the power of our collective solidarity.  We cannot be bullied, gaslit or intimidated. We're ready to Strike."

The BxD Union Bargaining Committee was empowered to call for a Strike by a historic Strike Authorization Vote.

On June 27th, 93% of BxD Union voted to authorize the Bargaining Committee to call for a Strike - if necessary.

With this vote, the BxD Union became the first of the alternate providers formed after 1994 to authorize a Strike in 30 years, since the Legal Aid Society went on Strike under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

For More On This Labor News Story, Go To: 2024.07.03 Press Release.pdf - Google Drive