NY Legislator Joins Law360 Picket Line

New York assembly member Alex Bores (D-73rd District, Midtown Manhattan) marches in the Law360 Union's picket line on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Sam Reisman | Outlaw360)

New York State legislator Alex Bores has pledged his support to Law360’s striking journalists, calling the company’s hardball tactics and unfair labor practices “wholly unacceptable.”

The assemblymember joined the picket line Friday at the Midtown headquarters of Law360 corporate parent LexisNexis, which is located inside Bores’ 73rd District.

Bores applauded the Law360 Union’s efforts to secure liveable wages and reasonable benefits, and its resilience in fighting back against management’s unfair labor practices. 

“You’ve done the hard work” of unionizing and securing an initial contract, Bores said. “And now you have a greedy corporation trying to pull back from that agreement. Not continue to invest in you, not to expand your rights as they should be, but trying to pull back on healthcare and what’s already been guaranteed.”

“And that is wholly, wholly unacceptable,” he added.

Dressed in Hawaiian shirts and leis for casual Friday instead of their customary red Newsguild shirts, the striking workers responded with a hearty chorus of boos.
“The only thing that makes Law360 what it is, is all of you,” Bores said. “It’s not the AI they want to use, it’s not the brand, it’s your work. That’s why it’s trusted. And they seem to have forgotten that.”

The striking workers said they couldn’t agree more.

Bores vowed to support Law360’s journalists until the company’s management agrees to a fair contract.

“They need to stand with their workers, they need to stand with all of you,” Bores said. “And until you do get a fair contract we will be out here from the state Legislature, saying we stand with your guild.”

“When y’all are out here I will be out here,” he added, to cheers and applause. 

—Additional reporting by Sam Reisman. Transcribing by Philip Shea. Editing by Emily Kokoll and Marygrace Anderson.