Labor and Employment Law
Today, May 2, 2009, I'll be interviewed live on Chicago’s Kennedy King College’s radio station, WKKC 89.3 FM. During this 50-minute long interview, hosts Derek McNeal and Charles Young will question me about general labor and employment law issues from management and employee perspectives. This will be my 3rd appearance on the show since June [...]
On Thursday, April 16, 2009, labor and employment attorneys Lawrence Donoghue and I will be presenting an employer focused seminar on the Employee Free Choice Act (AKA Card Check Bill) at the Greater O'Hare Association. The seminar runs from 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM at the GOA, 650 E. Devon Ave., #155, Itasca. It's $10 [...]
This coming Wednesday, April 1, 10 AM-11 AM (CST), Steve Swirsky, Partner, Epstein, Becker & Green in NYC, & I will be the featured guests on Voice America's program "Return on Human Capital." The subject of our live interview will be the Employee Free Choice Act & other proposed "worker freedom acts". If any of [...]
My post on "rusing" or "ruse calling" led to a number of interesting and instructive comments. I thought that it might be worthwhile to respond to them in a single post. First, I think that it's a novel concept to equate employees as being the same as "property," especially in the context of criminally convicting [...]
Interesting items about Republic Windows & Doors based in Chicago’s Goose Island neighborhood. The buyout was just announced. The two articles below report the buyout and summarize some of what led to that. My additional comments also summarize the dispute, and discuss today’s announced buyout’s broader implications for labor management relations: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=33130 (Crain’s Chicago/AP article) [...]
