NYC public defenders, social workers vote to go on strike

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- Hundreds of public defenders and social workers voted to walk off the job on Thursday morning. It comes after the contract between the union and Brooklyn Defender Services expired in June, with no new agreement.
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