Clyde H. Jacob, III
Senior Counsel
Service Focus
Overview
Clyde Jacob III is senior counsel in the firm's New Orleans office.
His experience spans 40 years, working exclusively in the field of labor and employment relations. He has represented employers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and in one case represented an employer undergoing an international corporate union campaign with boycotts and lawsuits in Brazil, Norway, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Nigeria, Mexico, and Angola.
Clyde speaks regularly to employers and associations nationwide, trains managers on the fundamentals of leadership and employee relations, and advises companies on the development of human resource policy manuals and employee handbooks. He has prepared a corporate executive for U.S. Congressional testimony, and has personally testified twice before Congress as an expert witness on labor law. His many professional recognitions include those of Martindale Hubbell, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Chambers and Partners, USA. In 2011, Clyde was inducted as a Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, which is limited to highly recognized labor and employment attorneys in the U.S.
Clyde is a former member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Labor Relations Committee and the National Small Business Association (NSBA). He formerly served on the Human Resource Policy Committee of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and is past Chair of the Employee Relations Council of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). Clyde currently serves on the Labor Lawyers Advisory Committee (LLAC) of CUE, Inc.
Practice Emphasis
Clyde's true focus is representing employers faced with union organizing, boycotts, National Labor Relations Board representation cases, and corporate campaigns. This work also includes defending unfair labor practice charges, collective bargaining negotiations, decertification and recognition withdrawal, defense against union strikes, arbitration proceedings, and seeking/defending injunction actions. He also works in the area of employment relations, including defense of discrimination charges, sex and workplace harassment cases, the development of affirmative action programs and defense of OFCCP compliance reviews, defense of wage/compensation claims, the counseling of corporations in employee terminations, layoffs and reductions in force, and in the start-up of new plants and facilities with labor and employee relations programs.
Management/Supervisor Training
Industries: Manufacturing, Maritime, Financial Services, Poultry Processing, Oil and Gas Services, Public Utility, Hospitality/ Restaurant
HR:
- The Basics of Supervision
- Onboarding/New Employee Orientation
- Effective Workplace Communications
- Discipline and Documentation
- Complaint Handling
- Workplace Investigations
Legal:
- Responding to Union Organizing
- Avoiding and Defending Unfair Labor Practices
- How to Collectively Bargain
- Recognizing and Avoiding Employment Discrimination
- Avoiding Sexual and Workplace Harassment
- Positive Affirmative Action and Workplace Diversity
- The Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts (Construction)
NLRB REPRESENTATIVE CASES, UNION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, AND RELATED CASES
2018
Ocala, FL
E-ONE Fire Apparatus
United Auto Workers
Company Win (Election)
Thorsby,AL
Boise Cascade
Carpenter Union (CIC)
Company Win (Election)
2015
Creative Vision Resources, LLC
New Orleans, LA
United Laborers Union Local 100
Defeated union and NLRB in section 10(j) injunction case before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit,783 F.3d 293 (5th Cir. 2015)
2014
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Collins, MS
Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Union disclaims representation of entire plant after lawsuit
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Hazlehurst, MS
Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Union disclaims representation of entire plant after lawsuit
2013
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Moultrie, GA
Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union (RWDSU)
Company Win (No Petition)
Exceed Staffing, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
IAM
Company Win (Election)
2012
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Kinston, NC
Unknown Potentially Teamsters
Company Win (No Petition)
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Collins, MS
Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Withdrawal of Recognition by majority petition-Maintenance
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Collins, MS
Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Withdrawal of Recognition by majority petition-Long haul drivers/Rendering plant drivers
2011
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Kinston, NC
International Association of Machinists (IAM)
Company Win (Petition Withdrawal)
Complete Production Service (A&W Water Service, Inc.)
Fort Lupton, CO
Teamsters
Company Win (No Petition)
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
McComb, MS
Not Determined
Potentially UAW, Company Win (No Petition)
2010
Complete Production Service (A&W Water Service, Inc.)
Fort Lupton, CO
Teamsters
Organizing (No Petition)
Coca-Cola United
Hattiesburg, MS
Teamsters
Company Win (No Petition)
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Moultrie, GA
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
Company Win (No Petition)
National Oilwell Varco, ReedHycalog
Conroe, TX
Teamsters
Company Win (Union Withdraws Petition)
2009
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
McComb, MS
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
Withdrawal of Recognition-by majority petition-Live Haul Operations
2008
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Windsor, CO
GMP (Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics)
Neutrality/Card-Check Recognition with GMP (Organizing Ongoing – No Recognition)
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Windsor, CO
Steelworkers
Company Win (Election) (Small Craft Unit)
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
McComb, MS
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
Withdrawal of Recognition-by majority petition-feed mill drivers (Union ULP Dismissed)
National Oilwell Varco
Sugarland, TX
Not Determined
Company Win (No Petition)
2007
National Oilwell Varco
Conroe, TX Brandt
Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers
Company Win (No Petition)
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Windsor, CO
GMP (Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics)
Neutrality/Card-Check Agreement with GMP (Organizing Ongoing-No Recognition)
2006
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Windsor, CO
GMP (Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics)
Neutrality/Card Check Agreement with GMP (Organizing Ongoing-No Recognition)
2005
Owen-Illinois, Inc.
Windsor, CO
GMP (Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics); Also IAM and UAW
New Plant Start Up Neutrality/Card Check Agreement with GMP (Organizing Ongoing – No Recognition)
2004
Republic Paperboard LLC
Lawton, OK
PACE (Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers), Company Win (No Petition)
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
McComb, MS
Boilermakers
Company Win (Election) (1,232 Company to 207 Union – 11th largest 2004 case)
2003
Trico Marine Services, Inc.
Houma, LA
Offshore Mariners United (OMU)
International Corporate Campaign (Campaign Ends/No ULPs/Norway boycott suit settled favorably)
2002
Hornbeck Offshore Services
San Juan, PR
MMP (Masters, Mates & Pilots)
Company Win (Election)
New Orleans Cultural Center
New Orleans, LA (Election)
Operating Engineers
Company Win
Coca-Cola United
Birmingham, AL
Steelworkers
Company Win (Election)
Trico Marine Services, Inc.
Houma, LA
Offshore Mariners United (OMU)
International Corporate Campaign (No Petition/No ULPs)
2001
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Findlay, OH
Steelworkers, Company Win (Election)
Trico Marine Services, Inc.
Houma, LA
Offshore Mariners United (OMU)
International Corporate Campaign (No Petition/No ULPs)
2000
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United, Inc.
Gulfport, MS
Teamsters
Company Win (Election)
Volume Services America (Now Centerplate, Inc.)(La. Superdome-3 Petitions)
New Orleans, LA
H.E.R.E. (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees)
Company Win (Petitions Withdrawn)
Allen Beverages, Inc. (Pepsi)
Gulfport, MS
Teamsters
Company Win (Petition Withdrawn)
Trico Marine Services, Inc.
Houma, LA
Offshore Mariners (OMU)
International Corporate Campaign
(No Petition/1 ULP Withdrawn)
1999
Entergy Corp. (Waterford 3 Nuclear Plant)
Killona, LA
IBEW
Company Win (Election)
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Findlay, OH
Steelworkers
Company Win (No Petition)
1998
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Harrisonburg, VA
UNITE
Company Win (No Petition)
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Findlay, OH
Steelworkers
Company Win (Election)
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Franklin, IN
Carpenters
Company Win (Petition Withdrawn)
Point Eight Power, Inc.
Harvey, LA
IBEW (Electrical Workers)
Company Win (Petition Withdrawn)
Allen Beverages, Inc,
Gulfport, MS
Teamsters
Company Win (Pepsi – 2 campaigns)
Allen Beverages, Inc.
Gulfport, MS
Teamsters
Company Win (Pepsi – 2 campaigns) (Election)
Diamond Crystal Specialty Foods, Inc.
Moore, OK
Teamsters
Company Win (No Petition)
Owens Illinois, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
GMP (Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics)
Company Win (Election)
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1975
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1971
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (2020 - 2026)
- Listed as a Top Lawyer in New Orleans Magazine in 2020
Community Activities
- Preservation Resource Center (PRC) - 2014/2015 President, Executive Committee, Board of Directors
- Trinity Episcopal Church - Past Senior Warden and Vestry member
- Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana - Vice Chancellor
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