Ford & Associates LLC has years of experience in all phases of union activity in the workplace. This includes representing employers in preparing for union elections, representing employers and individuals filing or responding to unfair labor practice charges, and actions against unions for improper coercion of workers. Ford & Associates offers extensive experience in negotiating union agreements. Ms Ford has negotiated both individual company agreements and area wide agreements. Ford & Associates has also frequently represent parties in union grievance and arbitration procedures. Ms Ford served as an arbitrator on the arbitration panel for the Carpenters and Laborers Union for the northern California Region.