WORKLAW SPONSORSThe following companies sponsored recent Worklaw events:
EdelmanEdelman’s Litigation and Crisis Communications practice provides clients with rapid and strategic responses for a wide range of issues and crisis situations. Our team of specialists has counseled Fortune 500 corporations, mid-sized companies, trade associations and not-for profit organizations on communications and business challenges including boycotts, regulatory and criminal investigations, labor disputes, patent infringement, environmental issues, stockholder challenges and social responsibility.
As labor expands its role and influence in Washington, DC, corporations need to be equipped with the right communications tools to protect their reputations. Our practice, which includes a former SEIU communications director, a lawyer and communications specialist with over 25 years experience, seasoned crisis communications counselors and veterans of national and statewide political campaigns, knows the union playbook and can predict and prepare clients for the tactics labor will employ.
To learn more, please contact Charles Bakaly III, Litigation and Crisis practice leader at
Charles.Bakaly@edelman.com or call (202) 371-0200.
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ERS GroupERS Group is an economic and financial consulting firm that specializes in statistical analyses and damages calculations for matters involving employment decisions, commercial and business litigation, and regulation. Over 3,000 clients, including Fortune 500 companies, law firms, universities, industry trade associations and government agencies, have retained ERS Group professionals in cases involving issues related to labor & employment, litigation management, and lending.
ERS Group Ph.D. economists offer expert witness and consulting services for public and private organizations. Their studies provide objective and reliable analyses for litigation and internal business decisions. ERS Group experts have experience in Federal and state courts, administrative law hearings, mediations, as well as expertise that allows them to work productively and efficiently with in-house legal and HR experts. ERS Group offices are located in San Francisco, Tallahassee, and Washington DC.
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Kenwood Strategic AdvisorsAt Kenwood Strategic Advisors (KSA), our mission is to help companies stand up to – and prevail – over union threats. Whether through our contingency planning, temporary replacement workforces, or our alliance with strategic partners, we help our clients remain operational and profitable while winning fair and equitable union contracts. From strategy to execution, the interests of our clients come first and guide our way. We provide candid assessments, develop detailed plans, and identify the resources necessary for clients to meet their goals. In short, our clients’ goals are our goals. Their success is our success.
To learn more, please contact Carl Luckett at Carl.luckett@kenwoodadvisors.com or call (612) 252-8856.
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The Mickus GroupSince 1980, The Mickus Group has provided premier consulting services to clients in nearly all business sectors. Based in the Chicago and Phoenix areas, we have serviced clients throughout the entire U.S., Canada, and elsewhere internationally bringing equal levels of success to a wide variety of labor relations challenges. Our employee relations based communication strategies are the key to our success in organizing campaigns, decertification campaigns, contract ratification, strike resolution, in-depth vulnerability assessments and other management issues that can benefit from an effectively managed communications plan.
We are not attorneys and we know our role. Instead, The Mickus Group collaborates with counsel to enhance and add value to their client relationships. We are not “cowboy union busters”. Instead, we are experienced employee/labor relations consultants providing professional management assistance. The Mickus Group does more than assist an organization to win. Our interactions and approach furthers the overall communication and team-building skills of our clients’ management teams through education and coaching as we consult. Not only is our election win rate over 95%, but we have never had an election result in a bargaining order.
For further information contact either Frank Merrick (
fmerrick@mickusgroup.com) or Tom Grimes (
tgrimes@mickusgroup.com) the Mickus Group, or call our home office at 800.827.7130.
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