Lori Aquino
Sandra Rae Benson
Manuel A. Boigues
W. Daniel Boone
Manjari Chawla
Ezekiel D. Carder
Alan Crowley
Patricia Davis
Lisl Duncan
Nina Fendel
Theodore Franklin
Leslie V. Freeman
Ana Gallegos
Patricia M. Gates
Matthew Gauger
Yuri Gottesman
Bruce Harland
Vin Harrington
Kristina L. Hillman
Barry Hinkle
Ashley K. Ikeda
Linda Baldwin Jones
Conchita Lozano-Batista
Jannah V. Manansala
Jordan Mazur
Blythe Mickelson
Roberta Perkins
Nicole Phillips
Gary Provencher
Christian L. Raisner
Emily P. Rich
David A. Rosenfeld
Antonio Ruiz
James M. Rutkowski
Sharon Seidenstein
Caren P. Sencer
William A. Sokol
Kerianne Steele
Stewart Weinberg
James J. Wesser
Jacob J. White
Anne I. Yen
Kristina M. Zinnen

Matthew Gauger
Shareholder

Email: mgauger@unioncounsel.net
Telephone: 916-443-6600

Education:
University of California, Davis, 1988
University of California, Santa Cruz, 1984

Matthew Gauger is a shareholder in Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld’s Sacramento office.  Mr. Gauger represents labor unions in all matters before State and Federal courts, California’s Public Employment Relations Board, administrative agencies, in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations. Mr. Gauger’s primary interest is using the law to assist organizing in non-traditional ways. This includes using free speech law rather than the National Labor Relations Board, to organizing, suing employers who cheat their employees out of wages, employers who do not pay the legally required rates to employees, employers who perform construction work without the appropriate contractor licenses, and generally forcing employers in the construction, service, medical and public sectors to comply with the law.  Mr. Gauger has a very active practice before the Public Employment Relations Board, but views PERB as but one of many tools available to public sector unions.

Mr. Gauger was a member of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the California Bar from 2003 to 2006.
           
Mr. Gauger earned his law degree from University of California, Davis, in 1988 where he was an editor on the Law Review. Mr. Gauger received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Santa Cruz, where he graduated with honors with a double major in Politics and Legal Studies in 1984. Mr. Gauger’s previous employers include California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Legal Department from August 1989 to June 1996, and United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO, in 1984-85. Mr. Gauger's other interests include politics, skiing and co-driving a performance rally car on the US Rally Circuit.

Practice Areas:
Labor Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Class Actions and Wage and Hour Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Draft and Defend Legislation and Regulations
Enforcing Labor Standards on Public Works Projects
Public Sector