Richard Press

Professional Experience
 

Advocacy Experience: Mr. Press has successfully acted as counsel on:

• Opposing a union certification campaign (financial sector) (2011)

• Opposing bargaining unit consolidation (education sector) (2011)

• Opposing an ally declaration during a strike (transportation sector) (2011)

• Allowing a partial decertification within a bargaining unit (service sector) (2011)

• Representing a client during a workers compensation investigation for a fatality (logistics industry) (2011)

• Opposing a grievance at arbitration about workplace organization (transportation sector) (2011)

• Opposing a union certification application and unfair labour practice (manufacturing sector) (2010)

• Allowing a decertification application and defending an unfair labour practice (services sector) (2010)

• Defending a human rights disability discrimination complaint (2010)

• Appealing a workers compensation assessment levy (2009)

• Defending a human rights age discrimination complaint (2009)

• Opposing a workers compensation order involving prime contractor liability (2009)

• Opposing a union certification application and unfair labour practice complaint (construction sector) (2009)

Transactional Experience: Mr. Press has provided advice and assistance on:

• Managing strike and lock out issues (transportation sector) (2011)

• Collective bargaining (services sector) (2011)

• Employment and labour aspects of purchase and sale of a business (multiple industries)

• Structuring of group termination (transportation sector) (2010)

• Structuring of group termination (mining sector) (2010)