Labor-Management Relations

GT helps both unionized and nonunion employers maintain positive relations with their employees while avoiding the expense and disruption of litigation. We find creative strategies to minimize the expense and disruption of litigation, but do not hesitate to try cases before the NLRB or labor arbitrators to pursue the best outcomes for our clients.

Clients rely on GT to negotiate collective bargaining agreements and assist in administering those agreements, which includes handling grievances and arbitrations related to discipline and contract interpretation matters. We are involved in virtually all stages of representation and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and state labor agencies. Our full-service NLRB litigation practice has appeared before virtually every Region of the National Labor Relations Board and handles all stages of representation and unfair labor practice proceedings, from filing through appeal to the federal Circuit Courts. GT has been involved in numerous high-profile labor matters, including the Supreme Court victory in the landmark New Process Steel v. NLRB decision.

We advise our clients regarding the laws that apply to the complex union organizing and election process to help them protect employee choice across an array of industries and geographies. Our team trains management and human resources personnel on issues arising from state and federal labor law requirements and developments, including union awareness and compliance with the ever-changing landscape of NLRB legal requirements. We utilize our broad global platform to work with multistate and multinational clients to help pursue compliance and effective labor strategies across geographic lines.

GT is experienced in a wide range of services, including counseling, labor negotiations, mediation proceedings, and litigation in various administrative and judicial forums.

• Union representation proceedings
• Collective bargaining agreements
• Unfair labor practice charges
• Grievance and arbitration processes
• Focused management election campaigns
• Strikes, lockouts, and picketing
• Arbitration
• RLA/Transportation
• Multiemployer pension and welfare issues
• MPPAA withdrawal liability claims
• Litigation under Section 301 of the LMRA
• Labor disputes
• Complex corporate campaigns with public and private sector stakeholders
• Union dominated markets
  • neutrality agreements
  • project labor agreements
  • long term supplemental maintenance agreements
  • international and local labor unions
• Labor Management Cooperation Act