Workshop: EFCA: Preparing for the Resurgence of Organized Labor June 24, 2009

3 CPE Credits

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will likely pass during the current session of Congress and be signed into law. As currently proposed, EFCA will eliminate secret ballot elections and institute a "card check" procedure to determine whether a union will represent your employees. It will also institute a process of "interest arbitration" to determine the terms of your initial collective bargaining agreement. All this will make it easier for a union to organize your employees and likely will set off a tidal wave of union organizing activity. What does this mean for your organization? How should you prepare? You'll leave the program knowing:

-How EFCA will change the union organizing process
-EFCA's rules for negotiating a first collective bargaining agreement
-What you can do if a union approaches your employees
-What you can lawfully say to employees about unions

Speaker: Robert Kristoff is a partner in the labor and employment law practice of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in San Francisco. Paul Hastings, which has one of the largest and best labor and employment practices of any firm in the country, was named Global Management Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year by The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for two consecutive years. Mr. Kristoff, who was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, has lectured extensively before legal, academic and business groups on labor and employment issues.

NCHRA Members: $130 / General: $165.

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