ACI’s National Advanced Forum Labor-Management Relations

October 28-29, 2010
9 a.m.

ACI
The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
New York, NY

This conference is the only one if its kind on adequately representing management in the new labor relations arena, featuring sessions on:

• How recent changes to the NLRB will impact labor-management relations 
• New and impending decisions made by the NLRB: Which prior decisions are likely to be overturned, and what the impact of such reversals will be
• The latest on union organizing tactics, including responding to corporate campaigns
• Strategies for managing risks during business restructurings, including plant closings, relocations, and workforce reductions
• Proactive approaches for maintaining positive employee relations and preserving non-union status
• How to approach collective bargaining negotiations in the current environment
• The impact of Healthcare Reform on the collective bargaining process
• The latest on the Employee Free Choice Act and other legislative initiatives affecting workforces
• Effectively preventing and responding to unfair labor practice charges

Stanley Goodman will present at the session:

Protection of Non-Union Status: Proactive Strategies for Maintaining Positive Employee Relations

As an employer, not having to deal with union issues begins with doing those things that will result in your employees never believing they have a need for one. This involves a creative mix of employee treatment, employee education, proactive upervisors, effective human resources, established policies and knowledge of all the applicable legal parameters. This session will provide management and their counsel with key strategies for maintaining positive employee relations and protection of a company’s non-union status, including:

• Effectively communicating with employees and maintaining positive relations
• Core legal issues involving protection of non-union status;
• Adapting to anticipated NLRB changes when protecting non-union status, including shortened election time frames, facility access, and more frequent findings of unfair labor practices
• The core legal issues involving protection of non-union status
• Can and should non-union employers have a published stance on unionization, and how to adhere to Section 8(c) of the NLRA
• Non-discriminatory limits on solicitation and distribution, including bulletin board postings and use of employer email systems
• A look at Department of Labor initiatives and reporting requirements regarding “persuader activity”

Faculty:

Bruce Olin, Director, Labor Relations, Volvo Parts North America (Jacksonville, FL)
Jeffery E. Robertson, Senior Counsel, Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, TN)
Stanley L. Goodman, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP (Roseland, NJ)

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