Court security officers strike over pay

My Turn: Crisis in the courts

Bar advocates, (private attorneys who accept court appointments of criminal cases for indigent defendants), have stopped working. We are not “on strike” – we can’t be. We are not unionized. We are a group of lawyers who have agreed to accept criminal cases and who contract with the state for hourly compensation to work on these cases.

Court security officers strike over pay

Dozens of court security officers have taken industrial action, saying they’re done waiting while their safety, conditions and pay are ignored.