The Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) has announced a partnership with Tueth Keeney to provide Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining assistance to the MSBA'S member school districts.

Under the program, Tueth Keeney and the MSBA have developed a three-pronged approach to educate and empower MSBA member school districts to engage in successful collective bargaining with employee groups. First, comprehensive training programs and workshops, staffed by Tueth Keeney attorneys and MSBA personnel, are being offered at various locations throughout the state of Missouri for administrators and board members of MSBA member school districts. Second, a labor library with training materials, guidance, checklists, and statistical information has been developed by attorneys at Tueth Keeney and the MSBA for use in collective bargaining by MSBA member school districts.  Third, Tueth Keeney will offer direct assistance to individual member school districts facing union organizing campaigns, and/or preparing for upcoming collective bargaining negotiations with employee groups, with Tueth Keeney's legal services under the program being offered at a discounted rate.

Tueth Keeney is proud of its commitment to the advising and educating of school administrators on the complex and ever changing legal issues facing public schools. This partnership with the MSBA will provide member districts with quality training and assistance. For more information on this program, please visit the MSBA website by clicking here.

D. Shane Jones  practices in the areas of labor & employment law, education law, and litigation in both Missouri and Illinois. He routinely advises and represents employers in wage and hour matters, the design and review of employee handbooks, and disciplining and terminating employees. Shane has successfully defended employers against discrimination claims, First Amendment claims, Due Process claims, and other Labor and Employment actions in state and federal courts. Missouri Education - The law firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. (the "Firm"), has one of the largest and most successful education law groups in the country. The Firm regularly serves the legal counsel needs of approximately 150 school districts throughout Missouri. The Firm also has one of the largest school law practices in Central and Southern Illinois.

Shane also practices in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations.  He is experienced in crafting proposals and counter-proposals, and in effectively presenting the employer’s position at the bargaining table.  He has directly negotiated or participated extensively behind the scenes in the negotiation of more than fifty collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and in the “meet and confer” process under the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law. 

Shane is a Vice-Chair of the Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Law Committee, an author of the "Prevailing Wage" chapter in the most recent Missouri Employee-Employer Law Desk Book, and a co-author of the "Employment Law" chapter in the most recent Missouri Bar School Law Desk Book as well as its most recent supplement.  Shane has been a Tueth Keeney shareholder since January, 2003.

Celynda L. Brasher practices in the areas of education, labor and employment law. She represents school districts in employment and termination matters, student rights and discipline, special education, school finance, civil rights, contracts, church/state issues, and Hancock Amendment challenges. She represents public and private employers in discrimination defense, union organization, unemployment compensation, wage/hour compliance and terminations. Celynda has litigation experience in state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Thomas E. Tueth practices in the areas of education, higher education, labor and employment and civil litigation law. Tom’s experience includes representation of public school districts, colleges and universities, private schools and not-for-profit organizations throughout Missouri. He counsels and speaks to school officials on a wide variety of topics including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, contracts and tenure, rights of students, negligence and general liability, church and state, school finance and employee organizational matters. Tom provides ongoing advice to dozens of public school districts, private schools and institutions of higher education.

Missouri Education - The law firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. has one of the largest and most successful education law groups in the country. The Firm regularly serves the legal counsel needs of approximately 150 school districts throughout Missouri. The Firm also has one of the largest school law practices in Central and Southern Illinois.