Labor Law - Union Representation: Resources

• Stuart Davidson Speaks to WTXF-TV FOX 29 about Labor Unions
  September 6, 2010
  
  
• Female Managing Partners Still Rare at Midsized Firms
  August 10, 2010
  In January, Paoli, Pa.-based insurance litigation boutique Connor Weber & Oberlies named Margaret E. Wenke the firm's first female managing shareholder in its 27-year history.
  
  
• American Arbitration Association University, Labor Arbitration Advocacy Case Preparation Program
  June 24, 2010
  
  
• National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting "Pulling the Heartstrings: How Personal Characteristics Affect Outcome in Arbitration"
  May 29, 2010
  Presenting personal circumstances and effects on the outcome of an arbitration.
  
  
• The National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting "The Effects of the Economic and Budgetary Crises on Arbitration"
  May 29, 2010
  
  
• National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting The Effects of the Economic and Budgetary Crises on Arbitration."
  May 29, 2010
  
  
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Regional Training Conference
  Presentation TBD.
  
  
• Technology and Privacy in the Workplace, Tonight on "The American Law Journal"
  April 26, 2010
  
  
• Women in the Profession
  April, 2010
  Deborah Willig, the managing partner of Willig Williams & Davidson, served as the moderator for the 2010 Women in the Profession Roundtable hosted by The Legal Intelligencer.
  
  
• Annual Dinner of the American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center
  April 18, 2010
  
  
• Citizen of the Year Award Dinner - Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 50th Anniversary Convention
  April 14, 2010
  
  
• The Docket, The Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University Newsletter
  Spring, 2010
  
  
• Firefighters Union Fights to Keep Paramedics
  April 1, 2010
  Philadelphia's firefighters union was up in arms Thursday, over what they say is an effort by the mayor to remove paramedics from the union.   Now City Council is planning action.
  
  
• Philadelphia Labor Lawyer Amy L. Rosenberger of Willig, Williams & Davidson Appointed to AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Board of Directors
  March 31, 2010
  Philadelphia Law Firm Partner Appointed to National Legal Organization Board
  
  
• Willig, Williams & Davidson Partner Stuart Davidson Elected Chairman of the American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center Board of Directors
  March 20, 2010
  
  
• Mayor Sinnott To Close One Erie Fire Company
  March 16, 2010
  "The City of Erie threatens closure of one fire station after the Erie Court of Common Pleas grants the Erie Firefighters motion for civil contempt for failure of the City to implement safety and staffing provisions of the interest arbitration award previously affirmed by the Court"
  
  
• Judge Hears Oral Arguments in Erie Firefighter Case
  March 10, 2010
  The Erie County Court of Common pleas heard oral argument on the Erie Firefighters' motion for civil contempt for failure of the City of Erie to implement safety and staffing provisions of the interest arbitration award which had earlier been affirmed on appeal
  
  
• State Budget Impasse: The Political Question Doctrine, Stautory Interpretation and Federal Pre-Emption
  March 9, 2010
  The Legal Intelligencer Supplement - Top Cases of 2010
  
  
• What Do Unions Expect in Arbitration?
  March 5, 2010
  
  
• Fraternal Order of Police, Pennsylvania State Lodge, Police Labor Seminars
  February 27, 2010 (Eastern PA); March 27, 2010 (Western PA)
  
  
• Whither the Employee Free Choice Act
  February 22, 2010
  
  
• IAFF Affiliate Leadership Training Summit -- "Approaches to Workplace Discipline"
  January 27 - 29, 2010
  National training.
  
  
• Legal Cases Brought By Unions and Individuals regarding Paternity/Maternity Leave and FMLA
  January 25, 2010
  
  
• Phila. Fire Deaths at Record Low in 2009
  January 12, 2010
  Deaths by fire in Philadelphia reached a historic low in 2009, Fire Commissioner Lloyd M. Ayers announced yesterday, though the statistic was tempered by the highest number of fire injuries in a decade.
  
  
• Philadelphia Union Lawyers Secure Hard-won Victory for Pennsylvania Public Employees Deprived of Pay During Budget Clashes
  December 30, 2009
  Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Rendell Administration's "Payless Paydays" a Violation of The Fair Labor Standards Act
  
  
• Judge backs ruling on Erie Firefighter staffing
  December 10, 2009
  An Erie County judge won't set aside part of an arbitrator's award that city officials have said could force the city to hire as many as 24 new firefighters at a cost of up to $1.73 million in its first year alone.
  
  
• Upper Merion Police May Feel Budget Ax
  December 10, 2009
  A battle to balance Upper Merion's budget turns into a fight for the township's police force.
  
  
• Cultural Differences in the Workplace: How Religious, Ethnic Other Differences and Practices Impact a Workplace
  December 9, 2009
  Panel Presentation and discussion reviewing the law of workplace discrimination.
  
  
• City sees employee benefits as way to save money.
  November 13, 2009
  City officials yesterday said that they expected to save $6.3 million annually by making some changes to health-benefit plans offered to nonunionized city workers - including upping some out-of-pocket costs and shifting the way the city pays insurance bills.
  
  
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Meeting
  November 9-10, 2009
  
  
• ABA Labor and Employment Law Section Conference
  November 7, 2009
  
  
• AFSCME Local 1637 Officer and Representative Training
  September 28, 2009
  Legal Fundamentals.
  
  
• BCTGM Local 6 Legal Updates and Developments Seminar
  September 22, 2009
  Legal Developments regarding representation
  
  
• Tensions Fill Pension Bill for PA Towns
  September 6, 2009
  Before Philadelphia City Council passed Mayor Nutter's $3.8 billion budget in May - a budget that relied heavily on action by the state legislature - veteran politicians whispered that any plan depending on Harrisburg would come with a price tag.
  
  
• Have Contract, Can't Furlough
  August 31, 2009
  Two court victories over unpaid-leave offer hope, precedent to public employees
  
  
• Pa. Pension Proposal Raises Union Ire
  August 25, 2009
  Philadelphia is on the verge of finally getting the emergency budget help from state lawmakers it so badly needs, but with a huge catch: if the city does not cut pension expenses immediately, the fiscal assistance will vanish.
  
  
• Philadelphia Settled Firefighters' Discrimination Suit
  July 1, 2009
  The City of Philadelphia this year quietly paid out $275,000 to settle claims by five white firefighters that they had been discriminated against in the promotion process.
  
  
• Fall 2008, Labor Bulletin
  
  
• Fall 2007, Labor Bulletin
  
  
• April 2007, Labor Bulletin
  
  
• Winter 2006, Labor Bulletin
  
  
• Winter 2005, Labor Bulletin