On August 27, 2012, I was interviewed by First Business News’ Chuck Coppola, for his Cover Story “Labor Pains.” This is a 2:20 story about the current state of labor unions in America & their current political clout in this presidential election year. I have two spots in the story, at 33 seconds into it & [...]
After going to a couple of seminars that Chuck Krugel put on, and liking his presentation, I put his name on file for future reference. When the day came that I needed advice on how to handle a union situation involving my company, my customer and a labor union that my customer works with on [...]
Last week, the state of Indiana passed its own right to work statute, thus becoming our nation's 23rd & one of the few Midwestern right to work states. For a summary of what this means, check out this 2/1/12 New York Times article. Illinois, where I'm located & which intensely competes with Indiana (as well [...]
The Recruiting Animal welcomed me on his BlogTalkRadio show for the 3rd time Wednesday, April 6, 2011, to discuss contract issues for recruiters and their principals. My segment lasts about 10 minutes. More specifically, we discussed legal issues concerning a company’s contract to utilize a recruiter’s skills for a position to be filled on a [...]
I recently completed my 3rd union negotiation & dispute resolution resolution of the past 6 months. One case involved a successful union decertification, & the other 2 involved settlements before the NLRB. For a variety of reasons, I won’t identify my clients or the unions we dealt with. The reasons for confidentiality include confidentiality agreements [...]
