Phillip Wilson

Phillip B. Wilson is President and General Counsel of Labor Relations Institute, Inc. His firm assists employers nationwide in developing and implementing positive labor relations and human resources strategies. Mr. Wilson is also an adjunct professor of labor relations and organization development at Northeastern State University.

Prior to joining LRI, Mr. Wilson represented companies nationwide in all areas of labor and employment law while with a Chicago law firm. Mr. Wilson handled numerous matters including union representation cases before the National Labor Relations Board, collective bargaining negotiations, employment discrimination, wage and hour claims and more. Mr. Wilson was also director of human resources for a $65 million gaming corporation employing over 1,200 people where he was responsible for all employment, benefits, labor and risk management matters ... and wardrobe (long story).

Mr. Wilson received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and completed his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Augustana College, where he majored in Political Science and English.

Mr. Wilson is the author of numerous books on labor topics, including The Next 52 Weeks: Transforming Your Company Into an Employee Relations Leader, Managing the Union Shop, Model Contract Clauses, and Model Reprimand Letters for Union Shops. Mr. Wilson has also worked extensively to reform financial reporting requirements for unions. In 2002 Mr. Wilson testified twice before Congress regarding LM-2 reporting requirements. He has written extensively on the subject of union financial reporting, including the monograph The Case for Reform of Union Reporting Laws (published by the HR Policy Association), Conquering the Enemy Within: The Case for Reform of the Landrum-Griffin Act (published in the Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter 2005), and The LM-10 Compliance Handbook. In 2006 the National Legal Policy Center published his monograph The Law of Union Corruption. He has written numerous articles and chapters on a broad range of workplace issues, including the ABA guide to the FLSA. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Illinois Bar and serves on the Board of CUE and is Chairman of the CUE Consultant's Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Society of Human Resource Management, the Industrial Relations Research Association and numerous other professional organizations.

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