Associate Counsel : District of Columbia, Maryland

Amalgamated Transit Union

Associate Counsel

Based in Silver Spring, MD

The Amalgamated Transit Union has an immediate opening for an attorney. The International Union is ramping up its campaigns to organize strategically, bargain in increasingly difficult times, fight privatization, and build alliances with bus riders and community groups to preserve and expand public transit systems.

The Associate Counsel will provide advice and assist in strategic planning related to collective bargaining, organizing, privatization and mitigating the effects of contractor turnover on ATU properties. The Associate Counsel will advise International and Local Union officers on internal union administration, traditional labor law, employment standards laws, and pension and 401k matters. The Associate Counsel will also assist in developing a program to track, influence and respond to regulatory actions impacting transit employees.

The applicant must have five to seven years of experience in labor law, and must have a demonstrated commitment to the labor movement. Litigation experience before the NLRB, state labor relations boards, state and federal courts, and arbitrators is strongly preferred. Public policy, strategic campaigning and organizing experience will be considered also. The applicant should have excellent research, writing and analytical skills, be able to multi-task and manage multiple projects, be capable of handling assignments with minimal supervision, and work well in a collegial setting with other attorneys and staff.

The Amalgamated Transit Union was founded in 1892, and is the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the United States and Canada with over
194,000 members in 256 local unions spread across 46 states and nine provinces.

Salary is competitive and includes a full benefits package. The Associate Counsel will work out of the ATU’s new headquarters and training center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

To Apply
Please email cover letter, résumé, and two short writing samples to the Vaughn Dykes, Assistant to the International President for Operations, at vdykes@atu.org.

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