Marcus & Shapira

Labor Law

Marcus & Shapira provides practical, sophisticated, cost-effective employee relations advice on all aspects of labor and employment issues, to unionized and non-unionized employers.

The attorneys at Marcus & Shapira have represented the labor concerns of entities ranging from some of the largest employers in Western Pennsylvania to smaller companies, individuals, and trustees of employee benefit funds.

Our labor department lawyers have provided corporate clients with legal and business counsel in a variety of labor-related topics such as the following:

• Litigating discrimination cases including sex, race, and disability; wrongful discharge; and sexual harassment cases;
• Handling contract negotiations with labor unions, including negotiations involving strikes and replacement issues;
• Drafting employment and policy manuals;
• Negotiating drug and alcohol policies, including DOT mandated policies;
• Evaluating compliance with all Government regulations and agencies including NLRB, ADA, OSHA, Wage and Hour, EEOC, FMLA and DOT;
• Assisting organizations in developing and implementing engineered labor standards and progressive discipline policies;
• Representing corporate clients from the grievance stage through arbitration hearings in disciplinary and contract interpretation matters; and
• Presenting seminars for management personnel on improving management skills, ADA issues, and preventing and managing sexual harassment claims; and assisting with ERISA compliance.

The labor group is comprised of attorneys from a variety of backgrounds including two former attorneys from the National Labor Relations Board, and a former law clerk for a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. All the attorneys possess exemplary academic backgrounds.

Our labor attorneys are available to assist with current disputes or to offer seminars to reduce the potential for labor issues. Please feel free to contact us for any additional information you require.

Areas of Practice

Published Opinions

Examples of employment law litigation matters involving the firm's labor group:

• Gloeckl v. Giant Eagle, Inc.
  (Affirming entry of summary judgment in favor of employer based on employee's failure to a file a timely charge of discrimination with the EEOC.)
• Harris v. Giant Eagle, Inc.,
  (Affirming summary in favor of employer on a race discrimination claim.)
• Snyder v. Teamsters Local Number 249 & HBC Service CO.,
  (Summary judgment in favor of defendants based upon failure to timely file claims for sexual harassment and hostile work environment)
• Rogan v. Giant Eagle, Inc.,
  (Employer's motion to dismiss granted based upon employee's failure to timely file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC.)
• Giant Eagle Markets Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local Union No. 23
  (Preliminary injunction against labor picketing granted where employer presented ample evidence upon which trail court could reasonably conclude that picketing denied employer's customers and employees free access to employer's property and thus constituted a seizure under the Labor Anti-Injunction Act warranting injunctive relief.)
• Butler Refrigerated Meats v. Teamsters Local 538
  (Obtained denial of grievance relating to assignment of overtime.)
• Giant Eagle Markets, Co., v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local Union No. 23,
  (Obtained denial of grievance submitted in response to discharge)
• Williams v. Giant Eagle Markets, Inc.,
  (Affirming judgment in favor of employer in non-jury trial on racial and sexual discrimination claim.)
• Teamsters v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.,
  (Summary judgment entered in favor of defendant-employer arising out of a change in operations under the National Master Freight Agreement.)