David Kern practiced in the area of labor and employment law. His practice included an emphasis on collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, discrimination litigation, and employer counseling. He represented clients in state and federal courts and before the National Labor Relations Board, the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other state and federal agencies. Mr. Kern's experience includes:

• Successful negotiation of a multi-year collective bargaining agreement on behalf of a major Milwaukee manufacturer, which included the elimination of retiree insurance benefits and other significant changes.


• Representation of a large utility in a National Labor Relations Board proceeding, in which it was determined that a number of employees were supervisors and therefore ineligible to organize under the National Labor Relations Act.



• Successful negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement containing significant concessions, which was a condition of the purchase of a manufacturing facility in Illinois.

  
  



• Successful defense of a federal court action by a union seeking to compel grievance arbitration of disputes under an employer's retirement plan.

  
  



• Successful representation of a multistate employer in connection with two union decertification elections at its Illinois and Wisconsin facilities.