We help Unions with their issues and challenges.
"All wealth is the product of labor." - John Locke
Areas of Practice:
- Representation of international and local Unions in duty of fair representation cases
- Recognition issues, including assisting employees who seek to be represented by a Union
- Defending Union election victories before the National Labor Relations Board and in federal court
- Representation of Union employees in lien foreclosure actions against employers in bankruptcy
- Protection of the benefits of retired Union members and their spouses
- Assistance to international and local Unions in contract negotiations
- Litigation of arbitration cases for international and local Unions
Representative clients include international and local unions of the:
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
- United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
- International Union of Electrical Workers - Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Workers United
- Indiana Federation of Teachers and Affiliated Local Unions
- Chapter 131 of the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers District of Local 32BJ/SEIU
- Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC
- Association of Flight Attendants/ CWA
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
-- Abraham Lincoln