UFC, Fighter Spar Over Union Activity

Courtesy of Bloomberg Law Professional mixed martial arts fighter Leslie Smith is looking to unionize her fellow UFC fighters. But the effort might have knocked out her career with the largest MMA organization in the world, she alleges. Smith says in an NLRB charge...

Burgos v. State of New Jersey

Today, June 9, 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an extremely disappointing decision in Burgos v. State of New Jersey. This case was brought by a coalition of public sector unions challenging Governor Christie’s refusal to make required contributions to the...

2014 State PBA Collective Bargaining Seminar

On April 23, 2010, Kevin P. McGovern appeared as a guest speaker at the 30th Annual PERC Conference. Mr. McGovern was part of a panel discussion entitled “Negotiating in Difficult Economic Times” which focused on the legal and practical questions facing labor and...