Baum Sigman Auerbach & Neuman is a Chicago law firm representing unions, Taft-Hartley benefit funds, and the working men and women of organized labor across the Midwest, with attorneys licensed in Wisconsin.
Labor, employee benefits, employment law, and workers' compensation, all under one firm on the union side since 1963. Hover any area to read what we do.
Our firm
For more than sixty years we have stood with the working men and women of organized labor, the unions that represent them, the multiemployer benefit funds that pay their pensions and health care.
Union representation makes a difference, and so does the counsel behind it. We bring six decades of experience in collective bargaining, grievances, elections, unfair labor practice proceedings, audits, and the fiduciary work that keeps benefit funds compliant.
At the bargaining table and before the NLRB and state labor boards for private and public sector unions, as well as in grievance arbitration hearings.
Of the pensions, health care, and benefits that unions bargain for.
To trustees, plan administrators, union officials, union organizers, and business agents.
Based in Chicago. Representing labor across the Midwest, including Wisconsin.
Arguing for unions and working people before the courts, the NLRB, state labor boards, the Department of Labor, the IRS, and in grievance arbitration cases across the Midwest.
For funds and unions
Day to day, this is what it means to have Baum Sigman in your corner.
Negotiating and enforcing the agreements that set wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Carrying contract disputes through the grievance process and presenting cases before arbitrators.
Prosecuting and defending unfair labor practice and representation cases before the NLRB and state labor boards.
Collecting the contributions employers owe so funds can pay the benefits members earned.
Guiding trustees through their fiduciary duties, plan documents, and federal compliance.
Representing funds through Department of Labor audits and helping them stay in good standing.
Our clients are the unions, the funds, and the working people they exist to serve, throughout the Midwest, including Wisconsin.
Private and public sector unions throughout the Midwest, in organizing, bargaining, grievances, arbitration, and unfair labor practice cases before the NLRB and state labor boards.
Multiemployer pension, welfare, 401(k), apprenticeship, and vacation funds, on ERISA compliance, contribution collection, and fiduciary matters.
The men and women of organized labor in matters of contract enforcement.
For our clients
Tailored seminars for union officials, fund trustees, organizers, and business agents, on the law that governs their daily work.
Bring a seminar to your membersPlus audits · Internal Plan Audits · Employment Practice Audits · Department of Labor Audits
Our attorneys
From the firm
Brian was interviewed about the NLRB General Counsel's effort to end labor unions' use of inflatables, the union "rat," and what it means for the right to protest. A good listen for anyone who cares about the tools labor has to make its voice heard.
Library
The agencies whose rules shape the rights of unions, funds, and the people who do the work.
Click any resource to open its official website.
Administers and enforces ERISA, the LMRDA, the FLSA, OSHA, and USERRA.
Administers the National Labor Relations Act.
Administers the federal employment discrimination laws.
Administers the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Administers collective bargaining for Illinois public-sector employees.
Administers Wisconsin labor standards, unemployment insurance, and worker protections.
Administers collective bargaining for Wisconsin public-sector employees.
Whether you represent a union, a benefit fund, or its members, we are glad to talk through how we can help. The best way to reach us is by phone.
Call (312) 236-4316Phone
(312) 236-4316Fax
(312) 236-0241
You can also reach any of our attorneys directly by email.
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