Welby, Stoltenberg, Cimballa & Cook, LLC specializes in representing public sector labor organizations in nearly every aspect of the employment relationship, from negotiating and/or arbitrating terms for new labor agreements to protecting and enforcing the terms of those agreements. Our firm represents only labor; we have no management clients.

The majority of the labor organizations we represent are law enforcement groups, from police departments and corrections officers to probation officers, deputy sheriffs and other court appointed and court related employee bargaining units. Our attorneys are skilled in litigating to protect the rights of these unique employees. Our clients have dedicated their professional lives to public service, and the inherent danger of their professions can and has resulted in the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives in the service of those they protect. 

With this in mind, our firm specializes in fighting to obtain the best in wages and benefits for these dedicated public service employees. We provide expert advice and litigation skills in all of these critical areas, and more:

• Negotiations (for wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment)
• Interest Arbitration under Act 111 and the Public Employe Relations Act (Act 195)
• Pensions
• Hospitalization and medical benefits
• Disability claims under the Workers’ Compensation Act, Heart and Lung Act, Acts 532 and 632
• Discipline under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Civil Service, Police Tenure Act, etc.
• Enforcement of the CBA through grievance arbitration
• Protection of individual rights and the rights of the labor organization in unfair labor practice cases before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Age Discrimination in Employment (ADEA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Personal injury