Unions & Labor Law Reform Blog : Unions Lawyer & Attorney : Jackson Lewis Law Firm : Employee Free Choice Act, Collective Bargaining

Jackson Lewis LLP’s labor law experience is unmatched. Our attorneys are among the most prominent and successful practitioners of preventive labor relations law in the nation. We literally wrote the book, Winning NLRB Elections, and we have advised employers with respect to how they may lawfully and effectively preempt union organizing and corporate campaigns for over 50 years. In 2008, more than ten percent of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America, as compiled by the Labor Relations Institute, were Jackson Lewis attorneys. No other law firm came close.

The firm offers services in such areas as:

• Labor Law
• Preventive Labor Relations Practices
• Management Training

Our labor attorneys have represented employers in thousands of matters before arbitrators, mediators, the National Labor Relations Board, state labor boards, government agencies, and in state and federal courts. On a daily basis, we advise employers regarding legislative initiatives such as the Employee Free Choice Act, corporate campaigns, neutrality agreement requests, union organizing, NLRB elections, contract negotiations, grievance and arbitration proceedings, unfair labor practices, traditional third party pressures (such as picketing or hand billing), “new age” public appeals (such as websites and blogs), work stoppages, purchase/sales, reductions and reorganizations, as well as the entire range of pre- and post-hire employee relations issues.

Jackson Lewis has taken a national leadership role on behalf of our clients in advocating fair and appropriate labor policy at the legislative, regulatory and judicial levels. Notably, in 2008, agreeing with the argument made by Jackson Lewis attorneys, the United States Supreme Court ruled that key provisions of California’s so-called labor relations neutrality statute ran afoul of federal labor law and was unenforceable. Over the past decade, our attorneys have filed amicus curiae briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal and state courts and the National Labor Relations Board in major cases affecting our clients and U.S. labor policy, filed comments during rule-making with the National Labor Relations Board, and testified before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives committees and subcommittees on labor issues. Most recently, we are working closely with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations to educate our clients, the public and members of Congress regarding the ramifications of the Employee Free Choice Act.