Karl Fritton

Career

Karl has over 40 years of experience representing a variety of national employers in collective bargaining; labor arbitration; and labor-related litigation before the National Labor Relations Board and the State and Federal Courts. His clients are in the energy; food distribution; waste management; steel; construction; automotive; insurance; financial services; healthcare; and media industries.

Fritton has acted as chief negotiator in over 350 labor negotiations, including over 75 first contracts. He has extensive experience negotiating with virtually every major union in the United States.

Fritton has also handled over 75 union representation petitions, including one of the largest elections held at the NLRB, and has handled several union decertifications and deauthorizations following unsuccessful strikes.

Finally, he advises clients on the purchase and sale of union and non-union facilities, consolidation of operations, and the establishment of facilities and new markets by unionized employers. In addition to the maintenance of constructive labor relations by national employees with both union and non-union workforces.

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