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      <image:caption>BJC &amp; Associates, Inc. is a labor relations consulting firm with over 25 years of experience helping clients manage union organizing drives. We offer consultants who are well versed in Labor Law, as well as being personable and relatable to employees to make them exceptionally adept at delivering your messages to your employees. In addition to offering direct communication to employees, BJC &amp; Associates provides its clients with digital communications delivered to employees in a manner in which they are accustomed to receiving. Our consultants are culturally diverse and have worked in a wide variety of industries that include healthcare, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, gig workers, retail, education and more.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In conjunction with our sister company, Diverse Workforce Consultants, we strive to provide you with the most effective tools to bridge the gap between management and your employees. BJC &amp; Associates is here to meet your needs, regardless of the diversity in your workforce in terms of race, age, gender, and languages spoken.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>BJC provides audit services to illuminate where employers and their leaders are falling short of employee expectations and provide options on how employers can remedy those shortcomings. In addition, we utilize digital resources to provide analytics on vulnerable areas to identify and mitigate potential threats.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Now more than ever, public opinion plays an integral role in the success of a business and of a union campaign. BJC &amp; Associates Inc. is equipped to handle corporate campaigns, and mitigate their impact on your suppliers, customers and community.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Services - Supervisor Training</image:title>
      <image:caption>Supervisor training should not begin after you become aware of union organizing at your facility.  Training on how to engage employees should be woven into the fabric of your organization.  Having engaged employees is the only way to insure against organizing before it happens. BJC offers positive employee relations training to provide supervisors the skills they need to create the work environment where employees will never feel a need for outside representation to get their concerns addressed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In this new era of labor, the vast majority of information is disseminated through online and other digital channels. It’s vital that your company utilize modern methods of communication in order to combat unions who are doing the same. BJC &amp; Associates Inc., in partnership with our sister company DWC, offers a wide array of digital communication strategies in order to effectively communicate with your workforce in the manner they are most familiar with.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Services - Post Petition Campaigns</image:title>
      <image:caption>BJC consultants can partner with your business to ensure compliance with the legal parameters of a campaign. In addition, BJC consultants can effectively communicate to your employees about the realities of unionization and work with your leadership team to optimize your efforts in delivering your corporate position on unions.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Services - Labor Relations Training</image:title>
      <image:caption>Labor Relations training is essential to enable leadership to recognize the early warning signs of union organizing. With unions utilizing digital communications, this training is crucial as these signs become more and more difficult to recognize. In addition, as the regulatory environment has become increasingly hostile to employers, leadership must to understand the legal limitations placed on them to prevent running afoul of the NLRA.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The best prevention against union activity is providing employees with a positive working environment where employees see no need for third-party representation. Leadership creates this environment by providing appropriate rewards and recognition, competative pay and benefits, effective channels for employees to get their issues resolved, and creating a shared commitment to the success of the company. BJC &amp; Associates helps employers avoid union activity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.</image:caption>
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