Ballard Spahr LLP acts for employers in their interactions with trade unions and organized labor, including within highly unionized industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, transport, and the nonprofit sector. Based in Philadelphia, team head Meredith Dante frequently supports clients on issues including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblowing claims. In Seattle, co-head Priya Vivian advises and represents employers throughout the entire employment lifecycle, covering everything from recruitment through to dismissals and related matters.
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Key clients
- Virtua Health, Inc.
- Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
- Home Depot, USA Inc
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Work highlights
Represented SEPTA in a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including Presidential Emergency Boards to resolve labor disputes involving the rail unions, as well as fact finding, unfair labor practice charges, employment litigation, wage and hour litigation, FMLA/ADA compliance, policy development, and management training.
Represented Temple University in labor matters, including serving as their Chief Negotiator and counsel to the Chief Negotiator for Temple University in connection with the university’s negotiations with the unions representing 13 different bargaining units (including the faculty).
Served as labor counsel to Geisinger Health System for several years, representing them in negotiating collective bargaining agreements, arbitrations and proceedings before the NLRB, as well as providing strategic advice on labor strategy and general labor relations.
Practice head
Meredith Dante; Priya Vivian