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Tony Seda Martinez is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor-Management Relations and Employment Litigation practice groups.

Tony advises clients on a range of labor and employment matters. As part of his employment law practice, Tony has represented clients in lawsuits alleging breach of contract, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. He also assists employers with complex investigations matters and provides day-to-day counseling on employment law matters. Tony focuses his labor practice on representing public and private employers in grievance arbitrations and collective bargaining negotiations. He counsels clients across a number of industries including financial services, health care, sports leagues, transportation, and media.

Tony earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2018 where he was a member of the Rutgers Law Review. From 2022 to 2023, Tony served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable José R. Almonte in the District of New Jersey.

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On September 6, 2024, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Investing in America and Investing in American Workers (the “Order”), that, among other things, aims to provide “incentives for federally assisted projects with high labor standards – including collective bargaining agreements, project labor agreements, and certain community benefits agreements.”  Specifically, the Order directs federal agencies to prioritize projects that provide “high labor standards” for “Federal financial assistance,” which is defined as “funds obtained from or borrowed on the credit of the Federal Government pursuant to grants (whether formula or discretionary), loans, or rebates, or projects undertaken pursuant to any Federal program involving such grants, loans, or rebates.” 

On July 16, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or the “Board”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, released GC Memorandum 24-05 to all field offices stating that the agency should continue “to aggressively seek Section 10(j) injunctions,” notwithstanding a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court raising the Board’s burden for seeking a temporary injunction.  Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) authorizes the Board to seek temporary injunctive relief in federal district court while litigating the merits of an unfair labor practice proceeding to ensure that any remedy the Board might eventually issue will not be moot or hollow.

On November 10, 2021, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum outlining bargaining obligations under OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus (“ETS”).  Responding to Inquiries Regarding Bargaining Obligations Under the Department of Labor’s Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus, GC 22-03 (November 10, 2021).…