Frantz Ward’s Labor and Employment Practice Group represents national, regional and local employers in the full spectrum of traditional labor law issues.  We counsel our non-union clients on how to retain their non-union status, and routinely represent employers in union-organizing campaigns and unfair labor practice proceedings before the NLRB. 

For our unionized clients, we negotiate collective bargaining agreements and provide counsel with respect to issues that arise in the bargaining process.  We advise clients on contract interpretation issues and represent clients in arbitration proceedings under their collective bargaining agreements.  When necessary, we actively work with our clients in planning for and dealing with work stoppages on local and national levels.  This includes training management personnel, obtaining injunctive relief against mass picketing, violence or illegal or wildcat strikes; preventing disruption of our clients’ business relationships through secondary boycott charges and related damage suits; counseling regarding replacement workers; and handling post-strike litigation.  Frantz Ward attorneys also advise clients regarding labor relations issues that may arise due to business relocations, acquisitions or other corporate changes.