F&H Solutions Group

What F&H Solutions Group does

F&H Solutions Group is a private, Washington, D.C.-based labor relations consulting firm that operates as the consulting arm of FordHarrison LLP. Its predecessor, J. Glass & Associates, was founded in 1994 by Jerry Glass; the firm now sits inside FordHarrison's Airline service group following a July 2021 structural combination. The practice specializes in management-side labor relations under the Railway Labor Act, serving airlines (the primary vertical), passenger railroads, construction, education, property management, manufacturing, and public-sector clients. Service lines include labor contract negotiations, contract administration and benchmarking, grievance mediation and arbitration, HR audits, strike contingency planning, M&A labor due diligence, outsourced labor relations, and customized onsite/remote training across topics such as negotiations, supervisor training, workplace investigations, and DEI.

The firm packages two proprietary web-based subscription products around its domain expertise. air.today is a daily newsletter and web platform positioned as the first exclusive news service on global airline labor relations, with annual corporate (10-user) and individual subscriptions plus a free trial tier. The Arbitration Award Databases — Airline Arbitration Awards Database (AAAD) and Passenger Railroad Database (PRD) — house more than 9,000 searchable, full-text arbitration awards accessible 24/7 through standard browsers; Solutions' Stats provides customized arbitrator reports derived from these databases. Public technical disclosures are limited to data assets and web distribution; no API or app layer is documented.

Commercially, F&H combines billable, quote-based professional services (consulting and training) with recurring subscription revenue (air.today, AAAD/PRD). The go-to-market is sales-led, leveraging relationship-based referrals, industry expertise, and content marketing (Tip Tuesday articles, webinars, LinkedIn, media appearances). Customer concentration sits in regulated, union-heavy industries where RLA and NLRA expertise are scarce, with named-airline engagements (US Airways, Spirit, JetBlue, Delta, Horizon) and major passenger railroads underpinning the client base. The firm is privately held as a FordHarrison subsidiary with no external venture or PE ownership disclosed.

Name

F&H Solutions Group

Legal name

F&H Solutions Group

Website

https://fhsolutionsgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

F&H Solutions Group is a Washington, D.C.-based management-side labor relations consulting firm (operating as the consulting arm of FordHarrison LLP) that negotiates collective bargaining agreements, handles grievance arbitration, runs HR audits, and provides training primarily for U.S. airlines, passenger railroads, and adjacent regulated industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Relations Consulting

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A HR Advisory (Due Diligence, Integration, Carve-outs) (BPACAJAL)

Keywords

• Labor relations consulting
• Collective bargaining services
• Arbitration research tools
• HR audits training
• Union negotiations advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Labor Relations Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including labor negotiations, strategic consultation, HR audits, dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and outsourced labor relations. Revenue is generated through billable consulting engagements with organizations requiring labor relations expertise.
2. Training Services: Customized training programs delivered onsite or remotely covering topics such as negotiations training, supervisor training, diversity and inclusion, workplace investigations, strike contingency planning, and hearing officer training. Training can be provided to large and small participant groups in various formats.
3. air.today Subscription: Subscription-based daily newsletter and website access providing airline labor relations news. Available as annual corporate subscriptions (10 users) and individual user plans. Free trial of 10-15 issues offered.
4. Arbitration Award Database Subscriptions: Online access to searchable arbitration awards databases (AAAD and PRD) with 24/7 browser accessibility on desktops, mobile devices, and tablets. Updated awards with ability to view, download, save, email, or print.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

F&H Solutions Group is a national labor relations consulting firm that provides expert advisory, contract negotiation, HR audit, dispute resolution, M&A due diligence, and customized training services to employers. The firm supplements its consulting practice with subscription-based products including air.today, a daily newsletter on global airline labor relations, and proprietary online arbitration award databases (AAAD and PRD) housing more than 9,000 searchable full-text awards.

Product overview

F&H Solutions Group is a national labor relations consulting firm offering a portfolio of subscription-based products and services. The core product offering includes air.today, an exclusive news service delivering daily email summaries on global airline labor relations; the Arbitration Award Databases, comprising the Airline Arbitration Awards Database (AAAD) and Passenger Railroad Database (PRD) with over 9,000 searchable full-text awards; and Solutions' Stats, a report service providing customized arbitrator reports. These products serve airline and railroad industry clients, labor relations executives, negotiators, and HR professionals seeking efficient access to labor relations intelligence and arbitration research tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• air.today: First exclusive news service on global airline labor relations. A daily newsletter providing airline labor relations news covering flying crews and ground staff at airlines, ground handlers, MRO providers, ATC, airports, and other industry players across six continents.
• Arbitration Award Databases

Products and services

• Labor Negotiations Consulting End-to-end labor negotiation services for employers facing union contract negotiations, including contract administration, drafting proposals, labor cost modeling, benchmarking, and labor communications. Designed for HR leaders and labor relations executives at unionized and non-unionized employers.
• air.today Daily newsletter and website delivering curated global airline labor relations news covering flying crews, ground staff, ground handlers, MRO providers, ATC, and airports across six continents. Available as annual corporate (10 users) and individual subscriptions with a free 10-15 issue trial.
• Arbitration Award Databases Online subscription databases housing more than 9,000 searchable, full-text arbitration awards, including the Airline Arbitration Awards Database (AAAD) for airline awards and the Passenger Railroad Database (PRD) for commuter railroad awards, accessible 24/7 via supported browsers on desktops, mobile devices, and tablets.
• Solutions' Stats Customized arbitrator reports generated from the online arbitration databases, providing consolidated, informative reports designed to cut research and preparation time in half for negotiators and attorneys.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 500 contracts negotiated
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FordHarrison LLPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2021FordHarrison LLP is one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms with nearly 200 attorneys in 28-29 offices. F&H Solutions Group serves as FordHarrison's consulting arm. The two firms combined provide clients with complete service teams for airline labor and employment needs. Jerry Glass, FHSG President, serves as Head of Airline Labor/Consulting for FordHarrison's Airline service group.
• Ius LaborisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFordHarrison is a member of Ius Laboris, the global employment law firm alliance, providing clients with labor and employment law services in over 50 countries. FHSG benefits indirectly through FordHarrison's international network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Beacon Point Associates: Boutique labor relations and HR consulting firm providing negotiations, contract administration, and training services to employers in unionized industries. Most directly comparable peer to FHSG given similar niche focus and consulting-led delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Mercer (HR Consulting practice): Global HR and benefits consulting firm providing workforce strategy, labor relations advisory, and HR transformation to large employers. Comparable on broad HR consulting footprint though much larger and less specialized in transportation.
• Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Major management-side labor and employment firm with traditional labor practice serving unionized employers across industries. Overlaps with FHSG in advisory work for unionized workplaces.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. Major management-side labor and employment law firm with national practice serving employers in union-related matters, including grievance arbitration and collective bargaining advisory. Comparable on legal-side labor advisory though without FHSG's subscription data products.
• Littler Mendelson P.C. Largest U.S. labor and employment law firm with deep airline practice (e.g., longstanding representation of major carriers). Overlaps with FHSG on management-side labor advisory, contract negotiation support, and workplace investigations but at far greater scale and geographic reach.
• Aon (Human Capital Solutions): Global professional services firm offering workforce strategy, compensation, and labor relations advisory to large employers. Overlaps with FHSG on employer-side labor and talent consulting, but at vastly greater scale and broader scope.
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP: National labor and employment law firm with practice groups covering labor management relations, wage-and-hour, and traditional labor work. Comparable as a much larger competitor offering adjacent labor advisory and training services to employers.
• Fisher Phillips LLP: National labor and employment law firm with traditional labor practice. Comparable as a larger competitor providing employer-side labor advisory, though focused on legal representation rather than consulting-first delivery.
• Milliman (Labor & Employment practice, formerly Kreller Group): Global consulting firm whose labor and employment practice provides labor cost modeling, contract benchmarking, and analytics services to unionized employers. Comparable on the labor analytics and cost-modeling side of FHSG's practice.

Others

• FordHarrison LLP: Parent firm and strategic alliance partner; FordHarrison is one of the largest U.S. management-side labor and employment law firms with nearly 200 attorneys. F&H Solutions Group operates as its consulting arm under shared airline leadership, making them closely intertwined despite different service-line focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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