Thomas Scroggins

Practice Areas

Employer Advising, Policies & Training

Employment Litigation

Labor & Employment

Labor Relations

Wage & Hour

Career

Tom works to defend against employee lawsuits, advise employers during union avoidance campaigns, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, and design policies for local, regional, national, and international employers of all sizes.

Tom understands how to effectively and persuasively communicate an employer’s message in the midst of a union organizational campaign. He also manages litigation in a way that achieves results, balanced with the business goals and economic interests of the company.

With a long family history in labor relations – his father a steward in the National Postal Mail Handler’s Union and his grandfather a member of the United Mine Workers of America – Tom has a keen understanding of union activity. His ancestors were also involved in the Battle of Matewan – a violent coal miners' strike that occurred in 1920 in Mingo County, West Virginia, which eventually required the Governor to order the state police to retake control of the town of Matewan.

With two decades of experience focused in the health care, industrial manufacturing, and food processing industries, he is well-positioned to help businesses interpret and comply with workplace laws and regulations.

Professional Memberships

Alabama State Bar, Section on Labor and Employment Law

Tuscaloosa County Bar Association

Personal

The EDGE Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Advisory Board

Experience

Worked on the largest and most public union organizing election of 2017, assisting with the execution of a campaign that saw the employer win the election by a nearly 2-1 vote margin.

Represented a nursing home during its 2016 election victory over an effort by a steelworkers’ union to organize the facility.

Counseled a large seafood processing plant through its 2012 successful decertification of a United Food and Commercial Workers bargaining unit.

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