New York City Backs LanguageLine Solutions Interpreters in Bid for Union

LanguageLine Solutions workers seeking to form their union took their fight to New York City Hall last week. Workers posed with New York City Councilmember Julie Won (center).

Last week, interpreters at Teleperformance subsidiary LanguageLine Solutions (LLS) joined New York City Council members and New York City Comptroller Mark Levine in calling for the company to respect its workers' right to form a union and improve working conditions. Leaders of powerful council committees overseeing city contracts, workforce development, and labor stood with LLS interpreters at a press conference on the steps of City Hall to announce the formation of a new committee on health and safety and demanded that management meet to address concerns impacting their ability to provide quality interpretation services to New Yorkers.

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