April Meeting
How Labor Laws Impact Non-unionized
Work Places.
Featuring
Timothy L. Watson
Regional Attorney
National Labor Relations Board
The session will also include an overview of the National Labor Relations Board and the National Labor Relations Act.
Timothy L. Watson is the Regional Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, Region 16 in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Watson graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1985. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1988.
Mr. Watson has been employed by the National Labor Relations Board, Region 16 in Fort Worth since 1988. He worked as a trial attorney with the NLRB for 11 years and served as the Deputy Regional Attorney for Region 16 for seven years. In July 2006, he was appointed the Regional Attorney for Region 16. In his capacity as Regional Attorney, Mr. Watson serves as Region 16’s chief legal counsel and assists Regional Director Martha Kinard in the processing of unfair labor practice charges and representation petitions filed under the National Labor Relations Act throughout the State of Texas.
The NLRB is an independent Federal agency created in 1935 to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. The National Labor Relations Act is a Federal law that regulates labor-management relations in the private sector. In enforcing this law, the NLRB conducts secret-ballot elections to determine whether employees desire union representation and investigates, prosecutes and remedies unfair labor practices committed by employers and unions.
PO Box 75, Stephenville, Texas 76401
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