Our firm currently provides professional legal services to the following Union clients who represent employees in the
public sector:

• San Diego Municipal Employees Association (City of San Diego)

• El Cajon City Employees Association

• Deputy Sheriffs Association of San Diego County

• Service Employees International Union, Local 2028 (County of San Diego)

• Service Employees International Union, Local 1997 (County of Riverside)

• Service Employees International Union, Local 399

• Service Employees International Union (Western Region)

• California Teachers Association (and its Affiliates in San Diego and Imperial Counties)

• Carlsbad Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 3730

• Encinitas Firefighters Association

• La Habra
Firefighters Association

• Poway
Firefighters Association

• San Diego City
Firefighters, IAFF
Local 145

• Teamsters
Union Local 542

• United
Domestic Workers, AFSCME

Since its founding in 1983, our firm has been dedicated to the cause of working people --representing them individually in wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases, representing them when they are injured, and representing their Unions in the fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions.

When you have the benefit of Union representation on the job, you have a valuable workplace advocate -- and an affordable one at that! Your Union negotiates with your employer to achieve a “collective bargaining agreement” which will define your wages, benefits, working conditions and your “rights” on the job for a certain period of time.

When your rights under this agreement are threatened or violated, a grievance procedure is available to challenge the violation. In the private sector, such a grievance procedure typically ends with a binding decision by a neutral outside arbitrator after a full and fair hearing. Your Union representative can intervene on your behalf, when appropriate, to address workplace problems before they escalate and threaten your job security.

Our firm’s attorneys who specialize in labor law provide a variety of professional services to our Union clients in order to help them effectively represent you, including:

(1) assistance with the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and with other negotiations over proposed changes to wages, hours or working conditions;

(2) representation in arbitrations conducted under the collective bargaining agreement, whether to defend an employee against discipline or discharge, or to enforce a provision of the agreement applicable to one or more employees;

(3) offering legal advice and analysis about grievances and other issues related to employees’ rights;

(4) assistance in prosecuting unfair practice charges before the appropriate government regulatory agency when an employer violates certain laws; and,

(5) offering legal advice and representation during organizing campaigns.