Traditional Labor Relations PRACTICE GROUP
• CollectiveBargainingNegotiations
• StrikePreparations
• LaborArbitrations
• NLRBProceedings
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We work closely with our clients to identify their goals for the bargaining table and
map out a strategy to achieve those goals. Our mission is to help our clients anticipate all
of the contingencies in the bargaining process and to
accomplish the desiredbusiness objectives.
Preparation is crucial and can make all the difference in
successfully meeting the challenge posed by a
strike – both to protect the employer’s needs today and to
resist the pressure exerted by a strike, which can cause
long term harm to the employer’s competitive position in its industry.
Traditional Labor RelationsPRACTICE GROUP
Whenitcomestounion-managementrelations,companiesneedcounselwithprovenexperience. The attorneys in Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Practice Grouphave vast experience in complex and sophisticated traditional labor law matters.This includesexperienceadvisingand representingemployersofall sizesandacrossvirtuallyallindustriesinconnectionwithcollectivebargainingnegotiations,strikepreparations,laborarbitrations,andNationalLaborRelationsBoardproceedings.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Ogletree Deakins’ attorneys have represented clients with bargaining units of allsizesincountlesscollectivebargainingnegotiations,andwithallmajorunions.Ourattorneys’ negotiating experience involves handling the numerous matters thatcomprisecollectivebargaining,including:
• Wagerates,includingincentivecompensationand merit-basedwagestructures;
• Healthinsurance,includingcostcontainmentand maintainingmanagementflexibility;
• Retirementplans,includingmodifyingoreliminating pensionplans;
• Leavetime,paidtimeoff,andotherbenefitissues;
• Productivity,performance,attendance,discipline, andotheraccountabilitymeasures;
• Transferofwork,facilityclosure,subcontracting,and othermanagementrights;and
• Promotion,transfer,andlayoffandrecallrights, includingensuringmanagementauthoritytofill positionsbasedonskillsandqualifications.
STRIKE PREPARATIONS
Preparing for a strike or work stoppage is a task no company looks forwardto undertaking, but is essential as part of the bargaining process and toensure that (in the worst case) the company is protected. Ogletree Deakins’attorneys routinely work closely with our clients in making detailed prepara-tions that are necessary in advance of a strike, and help them execute thisstrategy as needs require. Strike preparations include such critical issues as:
• Businessoperationplanning,includingconsideration ofalllawfulalternativesinoperatingduringastrike, suchasuseofmanagementandnon-unitemployees, contractors,andreplacementworkers;
• Internalcommunicationsandcommunicationswiththe communityandmedia;
• Securitymatters,includingensuringingressandegress forworkingemployees,suppliers,andcustomers;and
• Legalproceedings,includingobtaininginjunctions againstunlawfulstrikermisconduct.
INDUSTRIES
Theindustriesinwhichourlawyershavecollectivebargaining,strikepreparationand/orlaborarbitrationexperienceinclude:
• Aerospace • Airlines • Assembly • Automobile • Broadcasting • Clothing • CoalMining • Construction • Energy/Utility • Entertainment • FoodProcessing • Furniture
• GovernmentServiceContracting• Grocery• GuardServices• HealthCare• Hospitality• Manufacturing• MeatPacking• Non-Profit• OfficeEquipment• OilFieldEquipmentandRefining• Pharmaceutical• Printing
• PublicTransitandUtilities• RailroadEquipment• Retail• Rubber• Steel• Telecommunications• TextileGarmentandApparel• TransportationandTrucking• Universities• Warehousing• WholesaleDistribution• AndManyMore
LABOR ARBITRATIONS
Ogletree Deakins routinely handles labor arbitrations for our clients withunionizedworkforces.Ourlawyershaverepresentedclientsinlaborarbitrationsinvirtuallyallindustriesandwithallmajorunions.Thisexperienceincludes:
• Disciplineanddischargematters;
• Managementrightsdisputes,includingworkrelocations, subcontracting,layoffs,andworkjurisdictionmatters;
• Benefitsdisputes,includinghealthandretirement benefitdisputes;and
• Interestarbitration(usedinthepublicsectorandinthe transit,utilityandsomeotherindustriestosetcontractterms).
NLRB PROCEEDINGS
When traditional labor disputes end up before the National Labor RelationsBoard,ourattorneysalsohaveawealthofexperience,including:
• Defenseofunfairlaborpracticechargesagainstemployers, includingthoseallegingunlawfulterminations,failuretobargain ingoodfaith,andconductinterferingwithemployeerights;
• Prosecutionofunionunfairlaborpracticechargesforunlawful picketingandboycottactivities,failuretobargainingoodfaith, andotherviolationsoftheNationalLaborRelationsAct;and
• Representationproceedings,includingunitdeterminationand electionproceedings,objectionshearings,decertifications, andotherunitandrepresentationdisputes.
With offices through-out the nation, the firm represents adiverse range ofclients.
We operate efficiently on a national scale without compromising our commitment to service.
Ogletree Deakins is one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, representing management in all types of
employment-related legal matters.
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