Labor and Employment Law
Our firm represents organized labor and individual employees, not employers. Our union clients serve as
the exclusive bargaining agent for employees in a variety of industries, including ground transportation,
telecommunications, aviation, rail, government service, manufacturing, health care, and many others.
Our firm negotiates dozens of collective bargaining agreements every year. We have a record of success
in arbitrations covering a wide spectrum of issues ranging from unjust discipline to complicated contract
interpretation disputes. We protect our clients' interests in litigation before federal and state courts,
as well as the National Labor Relations Board, the State Employment Relations Board, and the National
Mediation Board. We bring a successful and experienced perspective to union organizing campaigns, corporate
campaigns, contract enforcement, and defense against frivolous duty of fair representation charges.
Our practice is values-based. We share our clients' commitment to organizing the unorganized and increasing
employee power at the workplace. Strong, democratic unions represent the best hope for workers in the United
States and across the world struggling to succeed in the global economy. We know that organized labor has
done more to advance the interests of working people than any other institution in our society. As a result,
it is an honor and privilege to represent labor unions and their members.
We pride ourselves on identifying creative and cost-effective solutions to our clients' problems.
Positive labor-management relationships are always the goal but it takes a commitment from both sides.
If management desires a positive labor-management relationship, we can help our clients build it through
workplace partnerships that are based on enforceable rights rather than slogans. On the other hand, if
management seeks to destroy union power in the workplace, we work with our clients to development aggressive
strategies to counter union-busting. Our firm has helped give employees a real voice at work. We have also
successfully beaten the union-busters who seek to destroy our clients.
The challenges facing organized labor in the 21st century are difficult and complex. But history has
demonstrated that labor unions can meet the challenge. The primary mission of Barkan Meizlish,
LLP is to assist our clients in winning the struggle for economic justice for every working man and woman.
Employment Law
Individual employees face real discrimination in the workplace. Our firm has successfully represented
victims of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, age, religion, health conditions, and
national origin. We have years of experience helping our clients protect their rights under Title VII of the
1964 Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family
and Medical Leave Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act and other federal, state, and local employment laws.
Every American has the right to work free of discrimination. Our firm is dedicated to making that vision a
reality. Barkan Meizlish, LLP is committed to professionally and aggressively representing
victims of workplace discrimination.
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