{"product_id":"labor-law-101-for-union-negotiators-zoom-training-october-22-2026","title":"Labor Law 101 for Union Negotiators - Zoom Training - October 22, 2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eDate:  October 22, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eTime:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e5:30-7:30 PM (Eastern Time)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eCost: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e$40\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstructor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Mauer, Esq.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNegotiating 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 \u003cspan\u003eoutmaneuver the nonlawyer negotiators on the union bargaining team.\" \u003c\/span\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eunderstanding “good faith bargaining”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ehow to use legal mechanisms to force the employer to furnish information; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eknowing the legal implications of the “subjects of bargaining” (mandatory, permissive and unlawful topics);\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003elegal 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.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 11.0pt 0in 11.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 11.0pt 0in 11.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003eWhat past attendees have said about Mauer’s Labor Bookstore webinars:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 11.0pt 0in 11.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003e“Overall outstanding workshop”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 11.0pt 0in 11.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"\u003e“The presenter did a fabulous job with pacing and providing info” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; 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