LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Are you new to collective bargaining, or want a deeper understanding of how New York's unique Taylor Law works?

The Labor Group at Bartlo, Hettler, Weiss & Tripi is ready to help your union or municipality learn and make the most of the collective bargaining process. Through seminars and hands-on training, we advise our clients at every step, from negotiation to litigation.

Participants learn practical skills and strategies for collective bargaining, including:
 

• The rights and limitations imposed on public employers and unions by the Taylor Law

• The role of the Civil Service Commission in hiring and promotion

• The job of the Public Employment Relations Board in policing improper employment practices

• Mandatory and permissive subjects of collective bargaining

• Dispute resolution, including the nuts-and-bolts of bringing grievances, improper practices, and post-grievance proceedings in the New York courts

• Employee protections from unjust discipline and discharge

• A union's duty of fair representation

• Strategies for reaching an effective collective bargaining agreement