LABOR LAW
The "labor movement" is not an abstract phrase to our attorneys. We represent unions and are proud of it. The relationships between the firm and several of our union clients extend back thirty years or more. Experience counts.
Services of our firm's labor attorneys include:
- Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and other issues in the interest of public and private sector labor unions
- Advocacy and representation of union client in grievance and interest arbitration
- Advocacy and protection of the rights of unions and their members including enforcement of the Wisconsin Municipal, State and Higher Education Labor Relations Acts and the National Labor Relations Act.
- Assistance and advice in bargaining unit organizing efforts
- Litigation in state and federal courts to promote the interests of the labor unions
- Advice and counsel with regard to union governance issues
- The promotion of a legal and political environment that is favorable to organized labor
We concentrate our practice and represent unions, not management; employees, not employers. As a result we bring to our clients a breadth of knowledge regarding both individual employees' rights as well as the collective rights of employees working together in a union.
The level of experience, competence, and professionalism possessed by the labor team members assure that the union clients represented by the firm, as well as the labor movement overall, receive the highest quality of service.
Representative clients include:
- American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, District Council 40
- American Federation of Teachers - Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
- Madison Teachers, Inc.
- Green Bay Education Association
- Racine Education Association
- The Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin and fifteen of its local affiliates including those in Green Bay, Appleton, Janesville, Kenosha and Racine.
- Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
- Kenosha Professional Police Association
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998
- Milwaukee Newspaper Guild Local 51-CWA
- Office Professional Employees International Union, Midwest Local 2009
- Local affiliates of the SEIU, Teamsters, and Operating Engineers Unions, Bakery Workers
Please contact us if you would like to discuss your rights. In Madison, call (800) 610-0040 or (608) 257-0040. In Milwaukee, call (800) 236-3348 or (414) 271-8650, or send us an e-mail.