Willig, Williams & Davidson Partner Serves as Keynote Speaker at Union Conference

PHILADELPHIA (June 2019) – Philadelphia labor, employment and workers’ compensation firm Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that partner Irwin Aronson recently served as the keynote speaker at the 12^th annual convention of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Area Labor Federation.

Aronson, who serves as General Counsel for the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, focused his presentation on “Workers, Justice, and the Courts: Why do judges matter?” The convention, which took place on June 26 in Erie, is the annual meeting for the Northwestern Pennsylvania Area Labor Federation (NWPA ALF). Affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the organization represents 10 central labor councils with a combined membership of nearly 40,000 workers in 212 unions across the state of Pennsylvania. It is dedicated to improving the lives of working families and advocating for social and economic justice.

Practicing out of Willig, Williams & Davidson’s Harrisburg office, Aronson is a respected appellate advocate who concentrates his practice in labor and employment law, employee benefit matters, governmental affairs and legislative drafting and analysis. He possesses a broad range of experience in litigation and legislative matters ranging from fair labor standards and unemployment compensation, to housing and urban development, to elections and voting rights.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson (www.wwdlaw.com) is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Jenkintown and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; tax and benefit law compliance issues; discrimination and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond.

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