Alyssa Acevedo Email & Phone Number

• Support the union’s strategic direction through research for internal bargaining and external organizing campaigns
• Collaborate with negotiators to analyze financial reports, hospital budgets, health insurance plans, and industry trends to inform contract bargaining strategies
• Provide detailed cost analyses, financial assessments, and insights on contract settlements to strengthen negotiations
• Serve as the lead researcher for smaller bargaining unit tables, taking ownership of research deliverables and guiding negotiation efforts
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research, including reviewing corporate reports, policy documents, surveys, and membership data
• Develop reports, memos, white papers, presentations for union leadership, negotiators, and public audiences

Western, New York, United States

• Mobilized agricultural workers to unionize in New York and informed them of New York’s FarmLaborer’s Fair Practices Act (FLPA) and their rights to organize through the administrativeprocess presided over by the Public.
• Empowered farmworkers with other non-collective bargaining issues including healthcare,safety, and housing.
• Researched qualitative and quantitative data on agricultural market trends and analyzed growthand development plans of key market players
• Examined and presented on relevant policy and legislative developments

New York, United States

• Created the organization’s New York digital communications strategy on various platformsincluding Action Builder, Prompt, Hustle, and WhatsApp business
• Managed the digital media platforms, corresponded on behalf of Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos, and communicated any grievances from agricultural workers to organization leaders

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Taught multiple discussion sections for two separate undergraduate courses in Labor History and Strangers and Citizens
• Prepared course materials and graded assignments for 120 students
• Facilitated guest speakers from the Labor Movement

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Domestic Work and the Care Economy
• Contributed research to a policy analysis on We Rise, a domestic workers’ peer-based education project to improve and raise industry standards to advance workplace equity standards
• Supervised a team of 4 domestic care workers, facilitating workshops in collaboration with the Care Forward campaign to empower domestic care workers in the state of New York
• Oversaw the Cornell-led certification program in CPR/AED, nutrition, and education training aimed at informing domestic workers and the care economy industryWorkplace Violence
• Conducted an IRB Sweeping Report that documented the experience of workplace sexual harassment in the California janitorial industry, as well as conditions that hinder reporting and impose silence
• Collaborated with USSW represented Los Angeles janitorial workers to research and incorporate new trauma-informed method

New York, United States

• Researched and drafted port labor law compliance reports regarding investigations of organized crime, fraud, and narcotics distribution Conducted legal research relevant to racketeering, payroll fraud, discrimination.
• Created reply briefs for administrative hearings related to organized crime associations
• Assisted the Waterfront Commission’s General Counsel in preparing questions for depositionhearings to determine port labor law violations

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Reported directly to FOCA chair and Board Relations: including meeting minutes and membership reporting
• Generated ad hoc reports, reconciliation, reporting statements, implemented new communication and file sharing systems
• Oversaw membership through Neon CRM system, served as MailChimp Administrator, hosting of the website on HostGator, bookkeeping, accounting data, and AP/AR

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Managed in-kind donations, sponsorship decks, and customer service relations
• Executed digital media strategies for the Eva Longoria Foundation and Tegan and Sara Foundation

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Directed front-end administrative duties supporting fast-paced office needs with attention to detail to oversee calendars for four in-house companies of 60+ employees
• Planned and executed galas, concerts, and city initiatives

Remote

• Researched reporting and coded data to develop human rights and international laborrights campaigns analysis
• Translated articles from Spanish media to annotate labor and human rights violations by worldwide companies like Nike, Adidas, and Nestle

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Participated in the intern training program that exposes students to various aspects of law, civil rights, communications, and professional development
• Created the Grants Manual Policy and Procedures to implement administrative processes for Los Angeles District Attorney Office grants
• Prepared, attended, and observed multiple Continuing Legal Education (CLE) events
• Revamped internal forms, assisted with citywide events, and observed attorneys gain a broader perspective about the policy initiatives the Grant Operations Unit oversees

Los Angeles County, California, United States

• Provided clerical support and scheduled lawyer in-take
• Translated Spanish-speaking translation and reviewed case information to designate lawyers to future clients
• Organized client data under the supervision of Seth Chavez

North Hollywood, CA

• Assisted and managed company owners account and client management, CRM and Point, and legal filings
• Administered marketing websites and social media platforms for Conventional and hard-money lendinggenerating over 200+ clients

Milr, Master In Industrial And Labor Relations

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science