RAYMOND E. GOAD, JR. is a member of the firm. Ray practices labor law, employee benefits (ERISA) law and general litigation. Ray serves as counsel to labor unions, including the University of Alaska Federation of Teachers Local 2404 and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Unit 223.
In the union labor area, Ray has extensive experience with a range of labor issues, including:
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Collective bargaining negotiation
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Representation proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Alaska Labor Relations Agency
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Union organizing campaigns
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Beck issues
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Strikes, mass picketing and union access
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Contract administration
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Arbitrations
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Unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Alaska Labor Relations Agency
Ray also counsels clients with respect to:
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Development and implementation of personnel policies
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Discipline and discharge of employees
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Drafting and enforcement of employment and severance agreements
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FMLA and ADA issues
Additionally, Ray practices employee benefits law with a focus on multiemployer benefit plans under ERISA, including:
Ray has also served as an adjunct professor at Alaska Pacific University, teaching undergraduate courses in Law and Citizenship, and graduate courses in Law and Corporate Leadership. He has also written on the use of alternative dispute resolution in resolving business disputes. Prior to joining JDO in 2005, Ray was the Assistant Executive Director and General Counsel for a large labor union in Alaska. Ray was also an associate at a large, Seattle-based law firm and an associate at a large, full-service law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When he has spare time, Ray enjoys training hunting retrievers, waterfowl and upland bird hunting, and fly-fishing. | 
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