Jackie Edwards Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Working in partnership with multiple employers and pay equity committees to develop comprehensive and compliant federal pay equity plans.
• Preparing submissions and correspondence to the Pay Equity Commission.
• Identifying and assessing job classes, gender incumbency, engaging in job evaluation and compensation analysis to develop pay equity plans.
• Researching and analyzing industries, corporations and organizations to support negotiations, organizing and strategic campaigns.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Coordinated USW education program serving over 60,000 members in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces.
• Recruited, selected, developed and coordinated the work of over 50 facilitators.
• Designed participatory courses and workshops.
• Developed and prepared facilitator and participant manuals.
• Facilitated multi-day courses, workshops, and other events.
• Provided support to equity committees and coordinated workshops and caucuses for conferences.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Conducted strategic organizing research and analysis.
• Performed research on employers and industries in support of bargaining, organizing, and strategic campaigns.
• Compared and analyzed collective agreements within specific sectors or companies.
• Wrote, copyedited and proofread union documents and publications.
• Provided governance, organizing and political advocacy support to strategic allies.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Developed and implemented field organizing campaign for 50,000 hospital workers.
• Planned, directed and coordinated work of 7 organizing staff on multiple campaigns.
• Integrated and coordinated field work with other union depts (e.g. media, politics etc).
• Responsible for the recruitment, training and evaluation of staff.
• Acted as liaison with divisional, regional and international leadership and staff.
• Ensured accountability to goals of the campaign and the union.

• Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (WFNHP), Milwaukee, WIHealth Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), Emerson, NJAFT Connecticut, Rocky Hill, CT
• Developed budget to support organizing campaign plans.
• Assessed functional capacity of locals and created strategic development plans.
• Assisted local leaders and members in contract campaigns.
• Conducted research and analysis of employers and industries.
• Analyzed data to identify and assess organizing targets.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology

Graduate Certificate, Human Resources Management

Graduate Certificate, Career Development Practitioner

Graduate Certificate, Training And Development

Harvard Trade Union Program