¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§

Kurt has served as the Director of Staff Labor Relations at Western ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ University since September 2017.  Kurt has responsibility for negotiating and administering the labor contracts for the University’s AFSCME, MSEA, POA, and IATSE bargaining units. 

Previously, Kurt worked as a labor and employment attorney in Grand Rapids, ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ representing public and private sector employers in labor relations matters such as negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, grievance arbitrations, union organizing campaigns and elections, and unfair labor practice charges. Kurt also appeared before numerous administrative agencies including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Department of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Employee Relations Commission, ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Unemployment Insurance Agency, and ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Department of Labor & Economic Growth – Wage Hour Division

Kurt has appeared as a commentator in ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ Lawyers Weekly, was a Chapter Editor of The Developing Labor Law, and a past Contributor to How Arbitration Works and the State Bar of ¾ÅÒ»Â鶹ÖÆƬ³§ – Labor and Employment Law Section Lawnotes Newsletter. Additionally, Kurt is also a past chairperson of the Grand Rapids Bar Association – Labor and Employment Law Section.