LRI is a trusted leader in labor and positive employee relations consulting, particularly in crisis situations. We literally wrote the book in countering union organizing campaigns (Total Victory), with more than 40 years and 10,000 successful campaigns to our credit. While our consultants are super-talents in countering organizing, our unique focus is helping clients develop leaders and create positive places to work that avoid organizing campaigns in the first place. Our recent publications, Left of Boom and The Approachability Playbook, have become the new roadmaps for positive employee relations.

To achieve our goal of making every day at work great, we teach Approachable Leadership™ to front-line leaders and management.

LRI has grown by delivering results, being trusted advisors and adding value to our clients’ organizations. Our clients represent a long list of familiar names in every part of the economy and we’re proud to have earned long-term relationships with so many of them.

Phillip B. Wilson, President and General Counsel of Labor Relations Institute, is a national expert on labor relations and creating positive workplaces. He is regularly featured in the business media including Fox Business News, Bloomberg News, HR Magazine, and the New York Times.

Wilson is a highly regarded keynote speaker, an adjunct professor at Northeastern State University, and the author of numerous books and articles on labor relations, union corruption and creating a positive workplace, including: The Approachability Playbook; Left of Boom (which reached number 2 on Amazon.com’s Hot Human Resource Books); Managing the Union Shop; and Model Contract Clauses.

Phil has been called on multiple occasions to testify before Congress on the subject of union financial reporting requirements. Wilson graduated magna cum laude from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Prior to joining Labor Relations Institute, Wilson practiced law at a Chicago firm where he represented companies nationwide in all areas of labor and employment law. He has also served as director of human resources for a multi- million dollar gaming corporation.