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FILLED – Open Position in Oakland Office for Associate Attorney
April 6, 2016 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
UPDATE – This position has been filled. Our Oakland office has a position open for an associate attorney whose practice will focus on representing individual members and local associations affiliated with the California Teachers Association…. Read More
Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Friedrichs v. CTA; Public Sector Unions and Employers May Continue to Negotiate Union Security
March 29, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
The Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that threatened to upend forty years of public sector collective bargaining by imposing “right to work” on all state,… Read More
“A crisis from which we bleed” –Martin Luther King, labor and wealth inequality
January 18, 2016 by
Teague Paterson
Throughout his life Dr. King recognized the dangers of economic inequality, both because its sting is disproportionately felt by African-Americans and as a barrier to democratic participation. Dr. King was as concerned with wealth inequality… Read More
New NLRB Election Rules a Hit!
August 6, 2015 by
Andrew Baker
Employers hate the new NLRB election rules that went into effect April 14 this year. And we know that’s good news. Employers are complaining that the speeded-up election process means employers have less time to… Read More
Sarah Sandford-Smith returns to Beeson, Tayer & Bodine
February 20, 2015 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Sandford-Smith will be re-joining our Oakland office on May 1, 2015. Sarah’s practice will focus on the representation of teachers and other individual employees. For more information about… Read More
California Legislature Revamps Laws Governing Dismissals and Suspensions of Public School Educators
July 14, 2014 by
Dale Brodsky and Maggie Geddes
So far this year, legal activity around public school teacher rights in California has been mixed with job rights advocates and lawyers seeing setbacks as well as increased protections. The close of the 2014 legislative… Read More
Federal Courts Reaffirm First Amendment Rights of Public Employees
October 29, 2013 by
Dalisai Nisperos & Christopher Hammer
Public sector employees enjoy a limited First Amendment protection from employer retaliation for free speech that private sector employees generally do not enjoy. To be protected, the employee’s speech must have been undertaken in the… Read More
Dale Brodsky Appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council 5-6-2013
May 8, 2013 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that Dale Brodsky, 62, of Orinda, has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council. Brodsky is a partner at Beeson Tayer and Bodine,… Read More
FILLED – Open Position in Oakland Office for Associate Attorney
April 6, 2016 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
UPDATE – This position has been filled. Our Oakland office has a position open for an associate attorney whose practice will focus on representing individual members and local associations affiliated with the California Teachers Association…. Read More
Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Friedrichs v. CTA; Public Sector Unions and Employers May Continue to Negotiate Union Security
March 29, 2016 by Teague Paterson
The Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that threatened to upend forty years of public sector collective bargaining by imposing “right to work” on all state,… Read More
“A crisis from which we bleed” –Martin Luther King, labor and wealth inequality
January 18, 2016 by Teague Paterson
Throughout his life Dr. King recognized the dangers of economic inequality, both because its sting is disproportionately felt by African-Americans and as a barrier to democratic participation. Dr. King was as concerned with wealth inequality… Read More
New NLRB Election Rules a Hit!
August 6, 2015 by Andrew Baker
Employers hate the new NLRB election rules that went into effect April 14 this year. And we know that’s good news. Employers are complaining that the speeded-up election process means employers have less time to… Read More
Sarah Sandford-Smith returns to Beeson, Tayer & Bodine
February 20, 2015 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Sandford-Smith will be re-joining our Oakland office on May 1, 2015. Sarah’s practice will focus on the representation of teachers and other individual employees. For more information about… Read More
California Legislature Revamps Laws Governing Dismissals and Suspensions of Public School Educators
July 14, 2014 by Dale Brodsky and Maggie Geddes
So far this year, legal activity around public school teacher rights in California has been mixed with job rights advocates and lawyers seeing setbacks as well as increased protections. The close of the 2014 legislative… Read More
Federal Courts Reaffirm First Amendment Rights of Public Employees
October 29, 2013 by Dalisai Nisperos & Christopher Hammer
Public sector employees enjoy a limited First Amendment protection from employer retaliation for free speech that private sector employees generally do not enjoy. To be protected, the employee’s speech must have been undertaken in the… Read More
Dale Brodsky Appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council 5-6-2013
May 8, 2013 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that Dale Brodsky, 62, of Orinda, has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council. Brodsky is a partner at Beeson Tayer and Bodine,… Read More
