The Weissman Group is ready to assist unionized clients with pre-negotiation planning, contract costing, contract interpretation, contract negotiations, strike contingency planning and/or arbitration. In addition to serving as chief spokesperson, a consultant from the Weissman Group can assist your organization in:
- Analyzing your existing labor contract to help you determine priorities in upcoming negotiations.
- Costing the union and company proposals to allow informed decision-making about the process.
- Interpreting potential ramifications of both company and union proposals.
- Developing language proposals – for existing or first contract negotiations – to help ensure competitiveness.
Our consultants are experienced chief labor negotiators and arbitrators whose experience levels reach into the hundreds of contract negotiations. An experienced Weissman Group consultant will participate with you, act as your representative or provide advice and counsel through the process and meetings. The Weissman Group will also provide training and research in these areas.
Our consultants will also assess crisis and potential strike situations, and provide expert guidance in determining the company’s proper course of action. One of the keys to limiting the negative impact of the organization and its customers (and perhaps to avoiding a strike in the first place) is to be prepared to continue operation if a work stoppage should occur. Proper strike contingency planning looks at every aspect of the operation and allows the organization to develop plans for addressing each in the face of a strike.