Date: October 22, 2026
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Cost: $40
Instructor: Michael Mauer, Esq.
Negotiating a strong contract requires a broad range of knowledge and skills. Increasingly these days, this includes a good understanding of the basics of labor law as it relates to bargaining. Employers often seek to have an edge in bargaining by sending lawyers to the table, hoping that they’ll intimidate and outmaneuver the nonlawyer negotiators on the union bargaining team." Some unions respond by lawyering up and having the attorneys spar. But another option is for the union team to have a firm enough grasp of the fundamentals of labor law so that they can hold their own at the table.
This expanded zoom session will cover the basics of labor law that union negotiators in both the public sector and the private sector need to know:
- understanding “good faith bargaining”
- how to use legal mechanisms to force the employer to furnish information;
- knowing the legal implications of the “subjects of bargaining” (mandatory, permissive and unlawful topics);
- legal and unlawful tactics that can be part of a contract campaign; and impasse resolution when no agreement can be reached at the table (whether imposition of “last best offer” and strikes / lockouts, or mediation /arbitration /factfinding.)
What past attendees have said about Mauer’s Labor Bookstore webinars:
“Overall outstanding workshop”
“The presenter did a fabulous job with pacing and providing info”
“A large amount of information was packed into 90 minutes”
“Instructor was knowledgeable and had strategy in mind instead of only arguing or fighting”
“Great presentation of foundational concepts of labor law”
“Having a teacher who is both lawyer and laborer in mind and heart: the expertise alongside the fighting spirit was great!”
“The best part of this workshop: Instructor's breadth & depth of knowledge of the subject matter, and his relevant experience in the field”