PBA Attorney Robert Fagella talked about
“Grievance Arbitration and Unfair Labor
Practices.”
foreign language, and fears getting involved:
“There’s no such thing as a stupid question.
As cliché as it is, it’s critically important when
you’re talking about negotiations or when
you’re talking about internal affairs situations;
you need to know the law and how to handle
yourselves within that venue and you have to
be prepared for that. It’s all part of the big picture.”
The big picture that just keeps getting bigger, that is.
“It’s great,” O’Brien concludes about the
seminar’s continuing growth. “This is so good
for the membership and I don’t say that out of
any boasting. The members make this seminar. The presenters present but it’s the members and their questions, their interest, the
electricity in the room. Everybody takes
something away. How do you go wrong with
that? You can’t.” d
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MARCH 2015
PBA Attorney Paul Kleinbaum opened the
seminar with the presentation “Assault on
Collective Bargaining.”