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Keep abreast of upcoming Cline & Associates seminars and occasional news relevant to your legal concerns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 

Annual Events

Cline & Associates Labor Law Seminars:

November 15, 2007
"Contract Negotiations and the Collective Bargaining Rights of Washington Public Safety Labor Organizations" — details

November 16th, 2007
"Rights of Washington Public Safety Labor Organizations and Their Members" — details

LOCATION: Both seminars will be held at the Museum of Flight (directions). Complementary museum admission will be provided — see the exhibits.

 
 

Labor Law Seminars

 

November 15th, 2007, held at Museum of Flight

"Contract Negotiations and the Collective Bargaining Rights of Washington Public Safety Labor Organizations"

A one-day seminar designed for Washington public safety labor organization representatives.

Key Topics

  • Negotiating a Contract: Tactics and Techniques
  • Emerging Trends in Public Safety Labor Contracts: Getting the Best Possible Deal While Maintaining Realistic Expectations
  • The Right to Collective Bargaining: What Is Negotiable and What Is a “Management Right”
  • Unfair Bargaining Tactics: What They Are and What You Can Do About Them
  • Interest Arbitration: How to Prepare and What to Expect
  • Interpreting and Administering Your Contract: Common Problems and Issues
  • Getting Paid Your Due: The Hour and Overtime Requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act

The seminar includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, reception following the seminar and a copy of Jim Cline's book, “The Rights of Washington Public Safety Employees: Representative’s Manual.”

To register for the seminar download the registration form here.

November 16, 2007, held at Museum of Flight

"Rights of Washington Public Safety Labor Organizations and Their Members"

A one-day seminar designed for Washington public safety labor organization representatives.

Key Topics

  • Discipline Investigations: Important Predisciplinary Rights of Your Members including Garrity, Weingarten and Loudermill
  • “Just Cause” Discipline: What It Is and How to Enforce Your Members' Rights to It
  • Common Types of Discipline Issues Facing Public Safety Labor Organizations and What to Do About Them
  • You Have Constitutional Rights, Too: The Right of Public Safety Employees to Free Speech, Privacy and Other Important Civil Rights
  • Rights of Officers in Lethal Force Situations: What Every Law Enforcement Officer Needs to Know
  • Facing Disabilities: Identifying and Protecting the Rights of Employees with Medical Limitations
  • Handling Grievances: Complying With the “Duty of Fair Representation” That You Owe Your Members
  • Being Left Alone When You’re Just Doing Your Job: The Right of Union Representatives to Be Free From Discrimination and Retaliation

The seminar fee includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, reception following the seminar and a copy of Jim Cline's book, “The Rights of Washington Public Safety Employees: Representative’s Manual.”

To register for the seminar download the registration form here.

 
 

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