Employee Relations Management

JONATHAN D. ROBLES *** Erie St. #*, Oakland, CA 925-***-**** **********@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications

Labor and Employee Relations professional with six years of experience in: labor and employee relations, Federal and California legal compliance, contract and policy drafting and interpretation, complex investigations, dispute resolution, collective bargaining, interest-based bargaining, committee/meeting management, employee disciplines, grievances/arbitrations, and change implementation.

Excellent interpersonal skills. Highly successful track record working with diverse groups and multiple levels of management and union hierarchy to advocate and establish productive labor/management relationships.

Successful trainer. Legal and teaching background enables giving constructive training and advice to managers/union leaders/stakeholders. Combine legal,practical insights and examples to communicate labor relationship principles clearly and usefully.

Experience

Labor Relations and Employee Relations:

Adept at research, analysis and advising regarding matters such as ADA, FMLA, EEOC, Weingarten/Skelly rights

Extensive contract and policy interpretation experience, both writing proposals/policies and collaborating with management and union leaders on new policies and procedures

Conducted focused investigations and policy interpretation. Proactively managed the settlement process, using discretion to adhere to the MOU when filing grievances and negotiating contractual matters.

Represented roughly 5000 employees between SFMTA, the Hall of Justice and the Sheriff’s Department. Other SF agencies included: SFO, MUNI, Health Service Systems, and the Public Utilities Commission

Broad experience in leading complex problem resolution within the union/management relationship

Coached employees and management to work collaboratively and effectively

Chaired multiple committees including: Education and Training, Health and Safety and others

Extensive experience in the Meet and Confer Process, Labor/Management Committees, and post Bargaining Committees

Negotiated the SFMTA/SEIU 1021 2014 contract, managed and trained the bargaining team

Extensive arbitration experience. Managed investigations in preparation for arbitration, prepared witnesses and documents and managed both expedited and full arbitrations

Mediation: Successfully mediated disputes between employees and management, co-workers, members and union leadership

Highly experienced in “changing the tone” when confronted with dysfunctional labor/management relationships

Brought in to contribute/finalize the campaign where 1500 Local 1 members from three bargaining units were successfully transitioned to Teamsters Local 856. Provided strategic guidance and field support to achieve success in contested election

Training:

Background as a labor relations instructor, debate instructor, special education teacher, LSAT Instructor and SAT Instructor enables training highly technical subjects to a variety of people

Assigned by San Francisco Director to be lead trainer in San Francisco region: role included writing the curriculum and leading monthly steward/chapter leadership contract interpretation and dispute trainings

Trained junior staff on the grievance process, management relations, and all relevant processes and document production

Professional History

8/16-present Legal Consultant

5/16-7/16 Senior Labor Representative, IFPTE Local 21 (Contract Position)

10/15-4/16 Staff Attorney/Senior Labor Representative, Teamsters Local 856 {Contract Position}

2011-9/15 Senior Labor Representative, SEIU Local 1021, San Francisco, CA

2009-2011 Graduate Research Assistant, LSAT, SAT Instructor, East Bay, CA

2008-2009 Summer Associate, Ruiz and Sperow, Emeryville, CA

2007 Law Clerk to Chief Counsel, Local 1000, Sacramento, CA

2002-2006 Special Education Instructor, East Bay, CA

Education

University of California, Davis, Juris Doctorate, 2009

University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies, 1995

Certifications/Licenses

Active member – California Bar Association

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