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As small and medium-sized employers strive to remain competitive in regional and international economies, operating flexibility takes on additional significance. For those employers who have adopted a policy of operating in a union-free environment, the resources of Krukowski & Costello, S.C. can be of particular importance.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects the right of employees to choose or not to choose union representation. We work with employers to establish an environment that allows employees to make an informed, voluntary choice. Operating in a union-free environment requires a commitment to both long-and short-term needs of the workforce and the customers being served. Carefully prepared and communicated handbooks, work rules and general company policies, as well as a commitment to front-line supervisory and management development, forms an essential base for maintaining a union-free environment.
For employers faced with union organizing attempts, Krukowski & Costello provides legal counseling with respect to all facets and intricacies of the NLRA and its permitted and prohibited conduct. This multi-faceted approach to operating in a union-free environment has consistently yielded positive results for our clients.
Institutionally-directed consumer awareness programs, secondary boycotts, recognitional picketing or dissident shareholders--all generically categorized as "corporate campaigns"--are issues of increasing concern for our larger clients. Krukowski & Costello, S.C. is equipped to represent employers faced with large-scale, concentrated or institutional union efforts directed by one or more unions and designed to coerce employers in the operation of their businesses. Because several of our attorneys formerly represented unions and practice extensively before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), we have a unique insight into all sides of the issues and processes. The firm has successfully represented employers in the manufacturing, transportation and retail sectors who have been directly confronted by corporate campaigns. Perhaps no law firm in the United States has been exposed to more corporate campaigns, or has litigated more sophisticated employment issues arising out of them, than Krukowski & Costello.
Firm lawyers will work closely with key management officials, in-house legal staff, and outside public relations agencies in identifying areas of particular vulnerability to a corporate campaign and help design programs to effectively respond to the coercive effects of this form of pressure. It is important for large employers to make an early assessment of their vulnerability with respect to a corporate campaign and identify measures to minimize or avoid the unwanted media and customer pressure that a corporate campaign is designed to provoke. It is necessary for the employer to identify not only its legal rights, but also its responsibilities when confronted with a corporate campaign and to have in place an effective strategy that emphasizes preventative programs and an effective legal response. Krukowski & Costello can help you design, structure, and implement such programs.
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