William J. Grimm
(651) 633-6774
bgrimm@mguidance.com
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Bill Grimm is the founder and President of Management Guidance, Inc. He has more than 20 years of experience representing employers in all aspects of labor relations matters, including collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance arbitration, labor-management trusts and committees, compliance with local, state, and federal labor laws, as well as the many other issues faced by unionized employers. In addition to traditional labor matters, Bill routinely works with employers on subjects such as affirmative action, OSHA, workers compensation, unemployment, employee discipline, Fair Labor Standards Act, and other employment issues.
Bill has successfully led multi-employer groups in dozens of collective bargaining agreement negotiations with a variety of building trade unions, including the following: IAHFI (insulators); IUPAT (painters, tapers, glassworkers); LIUNA (laborers); OPCMIA (plasterers); UBC (carpenters, floorcoverers, lathers, millwrights). His experience includes mediation, arbitration, and strikes.
Bill serves as a professional trustee on numerous pension and health and welfare trusts, and is frequently asked to serve as an officer on those trusts. He has extensive experience working with other trustees and fund professionals to find solutions to issues faced by both participants and plan sponsors. He is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits and has served as an expert witness in trials involving Taft-Hartley employee benefit matters.
Bill earned his law degree at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of St. Thomas (International Relations – Economics). He is a member of the Labor & Employment, Employee Benefits, and Construction Law Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association.