Private attorneys who defend the poor, known as bar advocates, are calling on Massachusetts state lawmakers for a raise.

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In a 2017 ruling involving Raytheon Corp, the NLRB had said altering working conditions consistent with past practices was not an unlawful unilateral change. The board had overruled an Obama-era ...

Most clients who can’t afford an attorney are appointed a “bar advocate.” Their attorneys are beginning a work stoppage, ...

Private lawyers with the Massachusetts bar advocate program say they will not take new court-appointed cases until they get a pay raise.

“It raises the bar, and the bar is more unclear,” Klein ... have a right under the law to organize and advocate for better working conditions. “It ensures that adequate weight is given ...