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Oakland, California, United States

Field Representative for teachers in Oakland Unified and other local charter schools. Organizing, bargaining, doing union work.

• Conduct technical and economic feasibility evaluations of proposed projects and operational effectiveness, develop and recommend cost-effective strategies and solutions.• Participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, work standards, policies procedures, and short and long-range strategic plans for the work unit.• Produce documents including reports; work plans; operating procedures and policy recommendations; legal and regulatory interpretations.

Berkeley, California, United States

Create strategies for legislative and regulatory policy engagement, assist with communications, testimony, talking points.Assist clients with strategic planning, developing objectives, stakeholder and situational analysis.Advise clients on organizational structure, training and internal communications.

Oakland, California, United States

Main Duties• Led team of field representatives to implement work plan across numerous worksites and departments.• Led contract negotiations for bargaining units up to 4,000. In multiple rounds, negotiated successful changes to health benefits, retirement, salary structures, bonus plan, time off benefits and other systemwide changes. Negotiated and implemented letters of agreement of all sizes from individual employee to major transitions for departments of up to 800 employees. • Represented organization in grievance procedures and contract enforcement, including participation in arbitrations. • Created strategies for workforce adaptation to technology, work process and other changes. • Advocated for organization with multiple stakeholders: utility management, elected officials, regulators, community partners.• Oversaw strategic planning efforts, researched and analyzed trends, and ensured plans were accessible to larger audiences.• Worked with elected board to set organizational policies and positions. Developed and presented materials for board analysis of policy or financial matters. Lead assigned staff in preparing monthly, bimonthly and annual reports. • Led contract management, oversaw adherence to milestones and specific provisions.• Focused on building structure, forming teams across 60 offices, and ensured internal and external communications are prioritized.• Mentored, trained, and developed staff. Conducted skills analyses and developed training and development plans.

Oakland, Ca

• Built organization and developed leadership. Increased voluntary membership. • Organized conferences and trainings, built multi-lingual support networks, implemented political action campaigns.• Coordinated multiple organizing drives, from first lead to election and contract. Researched, developed and implemented corporate campaigns including media events, and organized community support and public education campaigns.