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Meet the Summit attorneys speaking at this year's 46th Annual Labor Relations Institute!
Learn more about our exceptional L&E team:
Wednesday, May 6th 9 AM - Noon
Wednesday, May 6th 1 - 4 PM
Wednesday, May 6th 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Thursday, May 7th
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Thursday, May 7th 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Thursday, May 7th 12:45 - 2:00 PM
Thursday, May 7th 2:30 - 3:45 PM
Thursday, May 7th 2:30 - 3:45 PM
Thursdays, May 7th 2:30 - 3:45 PM
Thursdays, May 7th 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Friday, May 8th 8:45 - 10:00 AM
Friday, May 8th 10:15 - 11:45 AM
Gina Comeau, Rod Younker, Tim Reynolds
John Henry, John Lee, Tim Reynolds, Gina Comeau
Peter Altman, Sofia Mabee, Kristin Anger, Colin Boyle, John Henry, John Lee, Kelsey Papst, Tim Reynolds, Rod Younker
Kelsey Papst, Peter Altman
Doug Morrill, Rod Younker, Austin Cooper
The Basics of Bargaining
Interactive Bargaining Simulation: How to Address Common Issues in Bargaining
Q&A with Summit Law Group
The Big, Beautiful Headache: What "No Tax on Overtime" Actually Means
Bargaining in the Shadow of Interest Arbitration
Colin Boyle, Heath Dixon, Maki Arakawa AI in Public Agencies: Where Policy, Procurement and Practice Meet Reality
Britaney Garrett, Doug Morrill
Hathaway Burden, Molly Gibbons, Monica Romero, Vanessa Williams-Hall
Kristin Anger, Kelsey Papst
John Henry, Monica Romero, Sofia Mabee
John Henry, Robin Vasquez
Rod Younker
Grievance-Proofing Discipline: What Arbitrators Look For—and What Employers Get Wrong
Employment Litigation: Trends, Tactics, Verdicts and Takeaways
Washington PFML Updates: Key Changes, Compliance and Practical Guidance
The True Cost of Cuts: Layoffs and Concession Bargaining
Ready or Not: Succession Planning for Uncertain Times
2026 Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) Update
Peter Altman Partner
Kristin Anger Partner
Maki Arakawa Partner
Colin Boyle Partner Hathaway Burden Partner
Austin Cooper Labor Analyst Gina Comeau Partner
Heath Dixon Partner Britaney Garrett Partner Molly Gibbons Partner
John Henry Partner John Lee Partner Sofia Mabee Partner Doug Morrill Partner Kelsey Papst Partner
Tim Reynolds Partner Monica Romero Partner
Vanessa Williams-Hall Partner Rod Younker Partner
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Bargaining shouldn't be this hard.
Dealing with economic issues during collective bargaining may be challenging for many reasons:
• Often, the market landscape shifts beneath you.
• As other agencies strike their own deals, your market position changes from one bargain to the next.
• You learn about the changes too late to plan and budget proactively.
• The lack of real-time visibility into statewide trends limits your ability to be as effective as you would like to be at the table.
Comp Trends makes it easy.
Comp Trends — an intuitive, interactive database — reflects the market as it exists. It’s a new resource that empowers you to understand your agency's relative market position, allowing you to craft informed, strategic proposals to present at the table. Public-sector collective bargaining agreements and economic data are updated in the database on a near-daily basis, so you can see wage and inflation trends as they happen—a powerful tool that has no equal.
Key Advantages:
• Choose from 1 to 5 modules: Police, Fire, Transit, Corrections, and Dispatch.
• Access a statewide (WA) collective bargaining agreement (CBA) document library.
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• Explore statewide trends and compare your agency to others with data tools that allow you to drill all the way down to a specific position at a specific agency (or comp set).
• Evaluate the deals other agencies have reached before you settle your next contract.
• Access CBAs from other jurisdictions with the click of a mouse to research other elements of comparative compensation that may be of interest to you and your team.
