Peter D. Post

Mr. Post has handled the following types of cases in recent years:

• Obtained dismissal in federal court of state law claims of wrongful termination filed against a national steel company.
• Successfully defended a national steel company in a labor arbitration over the termination of an employee for violation of the company’s drug and alcohol policy
• Obtained “grievance denied” results in labor arbitrations representing (i) a specialty steel company in three cases involving subcontracting, vacation pay, and health care and life insurance coverage for inactive employees; (ii) a national defense contractor in a case involving a job transfer issue as well as a case involving discharge for absenteeism and (iii) a world-wide basic steel company involving severance pay for approximately ninety employees.

• Successfully had unfair labor practice charges withdrawn against a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer before the National Labor Relations Board and successfully represented a national defense contractor in a union election held by the NLRB.

• Resolved amicably eight suits in federal court claiming employee benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), one against a large railroad company, one against a national telecommunications company and six against national insurance companies acting as claim administrators.

• Obtained summary judgment against claims in federal court under ERISA for alleged breach of fiduciary duty involving the employee benefit plans of a paper manufacturing company and a basic steel manufacturing company.

• Obtained dismissal of three suits in federal court against a major airline alleging breach of a collective bargaining agreement and breach of a union’s duty of fair representation.

• Negotiated three low-cost collective bargaining agreements and a plant closing agreement.