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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Marta Fernandez has a traditional labor law practice with 35 years of experience in the representation of employers in union/labor collective bargaining in both the private and public sectors. She has negotiated well over 100 labor contracts for her clients with every major labor union in California, primarily in the healthcare and hospitality industries. The labor contracts she negotiates represent multiple millions of dollars to employers in labor costs covering wages, benefits such as health care and pension plan contributions, and work rules. Fernandez is the chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Recently, as the chief negotiator, Fernandez successfully negotiated a three-year labor contract on behalf of a major healthcare system covering seven separate healthcare facilities and approximately 5,000 registered nurses with the United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.
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