Manager Human Resources
Resume:
Deborah A. Groene-Itri
Quincy, MA 02169
*********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Obtain a position in which I can maximize use of my legal education my
expertise in employment relations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
As Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer of District Council 81:
. Served as chief principal officer including responsibilities of
Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial Officer
. Responsible for hiring, disciplining and discharging employees working
in Iowa, Nebraska and Western Illinois
. Directed and supervised all employees in the performance of their
duties
. Responsible for implementing and interpreting all governing bylaws
. Drafted, implemented and enforced all office policies, processes and
procedures
. Recruited and set compensation for all hired employees
. Conducted and coordinated employee training
. Conducted all staff meetings and coordinated matters between staff
. Responsible for appointing and removing Union Trustees to Taft-Hartley
Trust Funds
. Served as automatic Trustee to all Taft Hartley Trust Funds
. Served as chief spokesperson in negotiations of collective bargaining
agreements
Additional Experience Includes:
. Negotiated public and private sector collective bargaining agreements
. Represented Union in fact-findings and impasse arbitration hearings
. Litigated cases in state and federal courts
. Represented Union/employees in numerous grievance arbitration hearings
. Represented Union in Unfair Labor Practice matters
. Represented Union in Representation Cases, including Unit
Determination Hearing
. Represented Union before the Public Employment Relations Board in
Representation Cases, Unit Determination Hearings, Bargaining Unit
Amendments/Clarifications and Prohibited Practice Complaints
. Represented employee in jury trial in breach of employment contract
action
. Represented employer in jury trial in gross negligence/wrongful
discharge action
. Represented parties in bench and jury trials in dissolution of
marriage and personal injury cases
. Represented employees and insurance carriers before the Workers'
Compensation Commission
. Argued before the Iowa Court of Appeals
. Appeared before state and federal administrative agencies, including
Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
Iowa Workforce Development (Unemployment, IOSHA and Workers'
Compensation Divisions), U.S. Department of Labor, Iowa Public
Employment Relations Board, Social Security Administration and Merit
System Protection Board
. Admitted to practice in the Iowa and Minnesota State Courts, the
District Courts for the
Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, the Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit and the U.S. Claims Court
WORK HISTORY
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 81
(and its fully affiliated Local Union 2003), Des Moines, Iowa
Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer, 6/03 - 12/10
Business Representative, 6/00 - 6/03
Organizer/Field Representative, 9/99 - 6/00
Graham Law Firm and Groene Law Firm, Des Moines, Iowa
Attorney, 9/98 - 9/99
James L. Sayre, P.C. (f/k/a Sayre and Gribble, P.C.), Des Moines, Iowa
Associate 7/90 - 9/98
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
. Iowa State Workforce Development Investment Board
. Iowa State Energy Sector Partnership Board
. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades General President's
Advisory Committee
. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Grievance and
Appeals Committee Chair and Secretary
. Vice President at Large, Iowa Federation of Labor
LEGAL EDUCATION
Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors, 5/90
Class Rank: Top 25%
Honors and Activities:
. Order of Barristers
. Law Review
- Author: Case Note, 40 Drake Law Review 425 (1991)
. National Moot Court Team
. Dean's List
. Assistant Editor, Drake Legal Research Service
. First Runner-up, C. Edwin Moore Competition and member Midwest Moot
Court Team
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 5/87
Cumulative GPA: 3.75/4.00
Honors and Activities
. Outstanding Senior in Political Science, Graduated Magna Cum Laude
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