Executive Company

David Allen Vinson

Senior Labor Relations Counsel

***** ***** ****** **** 757-***-****

Salinas, CA 93097 *****.******@***.***

Profile

Executive Labor Relations professional with established and extensive expertise on both sides of the

table working within various multi-unit unionized environments, with an emphasis on the ability to analyze,

strategize, implement & direct complex plans of action toward an organization’s long term labor

objectives.

Accomplished background in collective bargaining – negotiating over 50 CBAs as Lead Negotiator in ten

different industries including Transportation, Bottling, Packaging, Freight and Manufacturing.

Selected Achievements

As chief advisor to the Executive Team, conceptualized and negotiated the first National Master

Transit Agreement in the industry, with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Net result:

Incorporated organization’s Company Employee Handbook, Drug & Alcohol Policy, and

Safety Policy, which are now implemented on a national scale.

Achieved organizational uniformity in grievance language.

Improved Company’s ability to discipline and separate unsafe employees, and eliminated

ambiguous benefits language.

Conceptualized, and implemented nationwide Labor Relations training program for general

managers and regional vice-presidents.

Led Labor Relations team in company expansion into Canada – lead negotiator and chief Labor

advisor in CBA negotiations for first contract, which included leading the company successfully

through a 12 week strike.

Served on the Atlantic Area Parcel Negotiating Committee (UPS), representing over 19,000

employees, during regional labor contract negotiations.

Professional Experience

MV Transportation, Inc. – Fairfield, CA 09/05 - Present

Director of Labor Relations

Chief labor advisor to the Executive Team (CEO, COO, President of Operations and 7 Regional

Vice Presidents of Operations), providing and implementing company labor strategy to include

interpretation of and compliance with CBAs, applicable laws, regulations, and investigative /

disciplinary procedures. Chief negotiator/administrator/interpreter for CBAs for a multi-state, multi-

unit, transit company with over 12,000 employees.

Successfully negotiated over 40 CBA’s in 10 state region:

Net Result: Greatly helped facilitate the company’s ability to retain the business in a

competitive re-bid environment, reduced the labor agreements’ infringement on management

rights & operational effectiveness and solidified the financial structure of the company’s

western operations.

Administer the grievance / arbitration process throughout the West Region - including drafting

settlement agreements and MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding), and facilitating Boards of

Adjustment.

Collaborate with Business Development to achieve organizational growth and maintain union-free

environment where feasible.

Foster and encourage positive working relationships with labor unions including the Amalgamated

Transit Union, International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, International

Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Union of Operating Engineers and the Communication

Workers of America - representing more than 6,000 employees.

David Vinson, Senior Labor Relations Counsel 757-***-****

Teamsters Local #822 - Norfolk, VA 01/95 – 09/05

President / Principal Executive Officer / Lead Negotiator 01/95 – 09/05)

Chief Negotiator/Administrator for all Collective Bargaining Agreements represented by Local #

822 including: UPS, Pepsi, Titan America Ready-Mix, DHL, Smithfield Foods, Georgia Pacific,

Master Freight, and several additional trucking contracts.

Adjudicated cases before, and sat as a member of:

The Atlantic Area Parcel Grievance Committee (UPS)

Piedmont Grievance Committee (Multi-Employer)

Virginia State Freight Committee (Roadway, Yellow, ABF Freight)

Conducted numerous successful organizing campaigns, from initial campaign strategy, through

certification and negotiation of first contract.

Planned and implemented on-going shop steward training seminars.

Oversaw a staff of 6 business agents and office staff as direct reports.

Teamsters Joint Council # 83 of Virginia - Richmond, VA

Secretary Treasurer (1/05 – 09/05)

Principal Executive Officer responsible for administering the state body that oversees all Teamster

Local Unions in the State of Virginia.

Oversaw and directed statewide political action campaigns.

Teamsters Joint Council # 83 Health & Welfare Pension Funds

Trustee (12/04 – 09/05)

Appointed as Trustee on a six member Board that administers a Taft-Hartley fund with

approximately $500 M in assets; Responsible for administering health & welfare and pension

benefits for over 8,000 participants.

Education

Master of Arts Degree: Public Policy

Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA

Bachelor of Arts Degree: History

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Continuing Education

Negotiating Labor Agreements

Harvard Law School, Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

Fundamentals for New Trustees

International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans - New Orleans, LA

National Labor-Management Conference

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - Chicago, IL

Labor Law and Labor Arbitration

Labor Arbitration Institute - Washington, D.C.

Virginia State Mediation Certification Course

Mediation Center of Hampton Roads - Norfolk, VA

Labor Law and Labor Arbitration Seminar

Labor Arbitration Institute – San Francisco, CA

David Vinson, Senior Labor Relations Counsel 757-***-****

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