<p>Joseph W. Ambash concentrates his practice in the area of labor and employment law. Joe's practice includes all aspects of employment law, including labor-management relations, employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation, and preventive labor relations. Joe represents management in a broad range of industries, including health care, higher education, financial services, retail, media, sports and state and local government.  He heads the firm's international compliance training program, GT Navigate, which provides interactive training for managers and employees on employment related issues.
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Joe is an experienced trial attorney, practicing before the National Labor Relations Board, the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the United States Department of Labor, and in Massachusetts state and federal courts. 
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Joe's experience in labor-management relations extends over several decades and involves representing management in representation cases, unfair labor practice cases, strikes and other labor disputes. He represented Brown University in the landmark National Labor Relations Board case holding that graduate assistants are not employees under the National Labor Relations Act. He has also served extensively as the chief negotiator for major collective bargaining agreements in the private and public sectors. 
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Joe is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment topics. He created and served as the executive editor of the Massachusetts Labor Relations Reporter, the Massachusetts Discrimination Law Reporter and the Employment-At-Will Reporter.