Berens and Tate News

Kelly Berens
December 2007
Indiana: Grievance settled
November 2007
Nebraska: Election petition
filed
May 2007
Minnesota: Employer won
election vote 172 - 50
Pennsylvania: Unfair labor
practice case settled Illinois:
Petition filed March / April 2007
1. No-fault attendance policy
grievance denied by Arbitrator
2. Unfair labor practice case settled; charge withdrawn by
union Illinois:
Company won union election vote July 2006
Company wins decertification election 27 - 12

Joe Dreesen
May 2007
Illinois: Settlement reached on
8(b)(4) injunction on picketing
March / April 2007
Nebraska: Unfair labor practice
charge withdrawn January / February 2007
Pennsylvania: EEOC finding of no
employer/employee relationship
Tim Loudon
November 2007
Idaho: Won a No Reasonable
Cause finding in denied housing claim
Minnesota: Tentative agreement
ratified
October 2007
Nebraska: Motion to Dismiss
granted
Hawaii: Won dismissal of EEOC
claim
Minnesota: Contract ratified
Minnesota: Production and
Maintenance contract ratified
May 2007
Iowa: Plaintiff filed voluntary
dismissal of lawsuit
Minnesota: Unemployment claim
dismissed
Nebraska: EEOC no reasonable cause
determination (2 cases)
Nebraska: OSHA retaliation
charge dismissed
March / April 2007
Minnesota: EEOC -- No
Reasonable Cause finding
Nebraska: EEOC dismissal
Minnesota: Contract ratified
(service and maintenance unit)
Minnesota: Tentative agreement
reached January / February 2007
Minnesota: Contract Ratified
Minnesota: Union withdrawal of
Objections and Challenges
South Dakota: S.D. Division
of Human Rights finding of No Probable Cause
Montana: Court granted motion to
adopt arbitrator's decision and dismissed court action
Minnesota: EEOC -- No
Reasonable Cause finding
Iowa: Davenport Civil Rights
Commission finding of No Reasonable Cause
Chris Hoyme January / February 2007
Texas: Granted motion for summary
judgment -- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,
Austin Division
Chad
Richter
December 2007
Tennessee: Case settled
October 2007
Nebraska: Administrative
dismissal of charge, Complainant withdrew age and disability
discrimination charge
May 2007
Nebraska: Dismissal of
discrimination claim
Minnesota: Employer won
election vote 172 - 50
Texas: EEOC no probable cause
determination
Tennessee: EEOC no probable cause
determination
Wisconsin: EEOC no probable cause
determination
January / February 2007
State of Wisconsin Department of
Workforce Development Equal Rights Division: Won three No
Probable Cause findings and obtained a directed verdict on
Plaintiff's claims of criminal conviction discrimination,
retaliation, and age discrimination.
November 2006
No Reasonable Cause finding in
British Columbia, Canada
race discrimination complaint

Paul Larson
December 2007
Nebraska: Workers' Compensation
settlement November 2007
Nebraska: Workers' Compensation
settlement March 2007
Nebraska: Three workers'
compensation cases settled

Rachel Alexander
October 2007
Nebraska: Motion to Dismiss
granted California: Won
dismissal of claims in animal rights claim
May 2007
Florida: EEOC dismissal
California: Court sustained
Demurrer with leave to amend
March / April 2007
Pennsylvania: EEOC no-cause
finding January / February 2007
Georgia: EEOC charge dismissed
California: California Court of
Appeal affirmed summary judgment
November 2006
EEOC Dismissals:
Georgia: Race Discrimination
Georgia: Race and National Origin Discrimination
Indiana: Age Discrimination
Nebraska: Sex Retaliation October 2006 Nebraska:
Summary Judgment granted on Motor Carrier Act exemption
Mike Mortensen
May 2007
Iowa: Plaintiff filed voluntary
dismissal of lawsuit
Minnesota: Unemployment claim
dismissed
Nebraska: EEOC no reasonable cause
determination (2 cases)
March / April 2007
Minnesota: EEOC -- No
Reasonable Cause finding
Nebraska: EEOC dismissal
Jennifer
Thiel
November 2007
Idaho: Won a No Reasonable Cause
finding in denied housing claim
October 2007
Hawaii: Won dismissal of EEOC
claim
May 2007
Texas: EEOC no probable cause
determination
Tennessee: EEOC no probable cause
determination
Wisconsin: EEOC no probable cause
determination March / April 2007
OFCCP audit
completed. No discrimination and/or adverse impact found for
minorities or women.
January / February 2007
State of Wisconsin Department of
Workforce Development Equal Rights Division: Won three No
Probable Cause findings and obtained a directed verdict on
Plaintiff's claims of criminal conviction discrimination,
retaliation, and age discrimination.
November 2006
No Reasonable Cause finding in
British Columbia, Canada
race discrimination complaint

Tom Anschutz May 2007
Minnesota: Employer won
election vote 172 - 50
Nebraska: OSHA retaliation
charge dismissed
Nebraska: EEOC no reasonable cause determination
January / February 2007
South Dakota: S.D. Division
of Human Rights finding of No Probable Cause
Montana: Court granted motion to
adopt arbitrator's decision and dismissed court action
Minnesota: EEOC -- No
Reasonable Cause finding
Iowa: Davenport Civil Rights
Commission finding of No Reasonable Cause
Georgia: EEOC finding of No
Probable Cause
Pennsylvania: EEOC finding of no
employer/employee relationship

Charles Kuper February
2008
Texas: Successfully defended an
employee's appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit where Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. District Court's
granting of motion for summary
judgment -- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,
Austin Division January / February 2007
Texas: Granted motion for summary
judgment -- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,
Austin Division

Ken Wentz
December 2007
Tennessee: Case settled
May 2007
Nebraska: Dismissal of
discrimination claim
May 2007
Minnesota: Employer won
election vote 172 - 50
May 2007
Iowa: Plaintiff filed voluntary
dismissal of lawsuit

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