The (So-Called) Employee Free Choice Act: What You Need to Know Now

The AFL-CIO's top legislative priority - passage of the Employee Free Choice Act - could bring about major changes in labor law that will make 9(a) union organizing much easier. Join AGC for an important 90-minute webinar that will discuss the myths and facts surrounding this bill, as well as explain how this bill could affect your company if enacted and what you should do now to prepare.

Topics include:

• Legislative Overview and New Political Climate
• Contents of the Bill and Possible Amendments
• Card-Check Recognition
• Mediation and Arbitration
• Increased Employer Sanctions
• Potential Impact on Construction Employers
• Open Shop Contractors
• Union Contractors
• How to Prepare Your Company
• Q & A

Speakers include:

• T. J. Wray, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - Wray leads the firm's labor and employment practice in Houston and regularly represents construction and other employers in labor and employment matters in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board.
• Mike Boldt, Partner, Ice Miller LLP - Boldt's primary area of practice is labor law on the management side, including responding to union organizational drives, collective bargaining, arbitration, employee discipline, construction labor law, and equal employment opportunity law.

How to Register:

Price: $79 Members / $229 Non-Members