Collective Genius
www.njcopsmagazine.com n JANUARY 2015
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An NJ State PBA event that has
always given members more
than they bargained for
n BY MITCHELL KRUGEL
The NJ State PBA Collective Bargaining Seminar has been
described as a presentation of “all the information needed to run
a Local in three days.” It has been characterized as a “facts-of-life
seminar.” It has been called the most memorable event the State
PBA conducts each year.
All of the above notwithstanding, the PBA’s Collective Bargaining Seminar has become a one-of-a-kind practicum, master class
and learning extravaganza.
“I don’t think any other labor organization in New Jersey provides this type of opportunity for its members to have this kind of
access to this kind of volume,” relates Paul Kleinbaum, an
attorney for Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman who
has presented at the Collective Bargaining Seminar every year
since its inception in 1989.
So the 26th Annual NJ State PBA Law Enforcement Collective
Bargaining Seminar will take place Feb. 5-7 at Caesar’s Atlantic
City. Labor Consultant George O’Brien and the PBA Collective
Bargaining Committee led by Chairman John Cernek have once
again put together an all-star lineup of legal, financial and business gurus who will cover nearly a dozen timely and critical topics
such as interest arbitration, grievance arbitration, health benefits,
contract negotiations and officers’ rights to fuel this three-day
download.
The seminar is O’Brien’s brainchild, an idea he had 26 years
ago while still on the job and chairing the PBA Collective Bargaining Committee, a vaunted position that has been passed on to the
NJ State PBA Collective Bargaining Seminar
Feb. 5-7, Caesars, Atlantic City
Scheduled Speakers
• Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq., Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum &
Friedman - Assault on Collective Bargaining: Legislation, Interest
Arbitration and PERC
• Vincent J. Foti, Foti & Associates, LLC - Financial Analysis
• Frank M. Crivelli, Esq., Pellettieri Rabstein and Altman Preparation for the Negotiations Process
• James M. Mets, Esq., Mets, Schiro, McGovern, LLP – Interest
Arbitration
• Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum &
Friedman - Grievance Arbitration and Unfair Labor Practices
• David B. Beckett, Esq., Beckett Law, and Kevin Lyons, NJ State PBA
LPP Coordinator - How To Negotiate Health Benefits under
Chapter 78
• Christopher A. Gray, Esq., Sciarra & Catrambone, LLC, and Peter
Andreyev, NJ State PBA Pension and Benefits Coordinator - Police
& Fire Retirement System and Disability Pension
• Stuart J. Alterman, Esq., Alterman & Associates, LLC - Law
Enforcement Officer’s Rights
• Daniel Geddes, Esq.- Workers Compensation Law
• Christopher A. Gray, Esq., Sciarra & Catrambone, LLC, Federal
Labor Safety Act (FLSA)