Advance resolves contract dispute with Jones Lang LaSalle.Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is a major real estate and money management services firm headquartered in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois and the only company in its industry making it into Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S. has patched things up with commercial moving firm, Advance, following what both parties described as a "misunderstanding" over bidding processes. The agreement effectively ends JLL's involvement in a lawsuit brought against it by Advance. In resolving the issue, both firms reiterated their strong commitment to maintaining a fair and honest bidding process for corporate moving jobs in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The agreement provides that JLL JLL Jones Lang LaSalle (real estate service and investment management firm) JLL Junior League of London JLL Junior League of Louisville JLL Joint Lessons Learned JLL Junior League of Lincoln JLL Junior League of Lynchburg will reiterate to its employees its longstanding policy of insisting upon a fair bidding process and ensuring that bidding is not limited to companies that have a collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. with Local 814, or the Teamsters union Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT). , or any other union. "We're very pleased with Jones Lang LaSalle's continued commitment to maintaining the integrity of the bidding process in New York City," said James Molloy, president of Advance Commercial Movers, based in Bethpage, Long Island. "We're confident Jones Lang LaSalle will continue to insist on offering a level playing field See net neutrality. to all moving companies, regardless of their employees' union affiliation." In an official statement, JLL said it was pleased to have resolved the matter, pointing out that the company had always believed that the dispute did not involve JLL. "The agreement reached reinforces that position," said the statement. "The agreement does not represent any change of practice by Jones Lang LaSalle. We continue to maintain a practice of not favoring any specific union." |
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