Employee Labor Relations Practitioner
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Rodney U. Bellamy
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SUMMARY
Human Resources Employee Labor Relations Leader & Practitioner with extensive diverse experience working within multiple disciplines for multiple industries
Strategic managing partner in building value-added leadership and employee relationships
Proven success in advancing employee/management relations to ensure a fair and respectful workplace and to minimize labor relations conflict
Subject matter expertise in interpreting and administrating union and non-union policies, procedures, practices, and labor agreement negotiation; as well as employment & labor laws
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Labor Employee Relations Specialist 3/13/2017 – Present
Managing day-to-day labor & employee relations strategy for hospital environment
Provide coaching, counseling, and in-services for leadership and employees Detroit Police Department, Detroit, MI
Executive Manager – Labor Relations 8/3/2015 – 3/2/2017
Managed resolution of disciplinary charges by empowering effective corrective measures
Maintained effective relationships & administration with labor organizations
Objectively mediated and settled current and pre-arbitrated disciplinary and policy grievances
Rod & Staff Consulting (Self-Employed), Detroit, MI Consultant, Mediator & Labor Arbitrator 7/2001 - Present
Mediated, arbitrated, and promoted peaceful, alternative resolution of conflict dispute issues involving employee grievances, civil rights complaints, family and neighborhood disputes, personal protection order resolution, parenting issues, special education requests, adult guardianship, truancy actions, harassment, and discrimination
Chaired and rendered written award/resolution for 3 civil service grievance/arbitration hearings – Settlement Conference, Finance, Public Works/Engineering – 10/31/2014 – 12/1/2014
Randstad USA - assigned to Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System, Baltimore, MD Employee Labor Relations Consultant (contract position) 4/7/2014 – 10/21/2014
Assigned during corporate campaign and work stoppage period
Served as interim relationship manager between cross-functional Human Resource teams to develop strategic solutions and human resources “best practices” to ensure compliance and mitigate risk to union & non-union departments and organization
Maintained a consultative relationship with leaders for strategic planning and operational matters for employee and labor relations customer environments
Moderated and mediated employee appeal and grievance processes and conflicts
Developed and delivered significant employee relations and labor relations trainings for newly recruited leadership
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Rodney U. Bellamy
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD Employee Labor Relations Manager 1/19/2010 - 5/3/2013
Successfully represented UMMC as Chief Negotiator and 2nd Chair negotiator for 2 consecutive labor agreements
Managed and maintained a positive workforce relationship and successful conflict resolution resulting in settlement of grievances and no arbitration hearings
Contributed to the strategic management response to a union access campaign
Trained & educated leadership regarding positive employee relations & “union avoidance”
Contributed to the successful management of transition of patient care services and employees during system hospital closing for employee relations environment Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) HR Department, Detroit, MI Associate Director/Senior Employee Labor Relations Representative 9/8/2003 – 1/6/2010
Successfully developed structure and process for first Health Alliance Plan (HAP) labor- management relationship for union and non-union leadership and employees
Managed positive employee relationships for non-union work environments
Delivered practical and consistent positive employee relations & union avoidance education throughout Henry Ford Health System (HFHS)’s 5-hospital system Detroit Medical Center (DMC) HR Department, Detroit, MI Employee Labor Relations Specialist 2/12/2001 – 9/4/2003
Successfully redesigned and implemented an effective employee appeals process that recruited and trained 50 employee appeal council members, responsible for hearing employee corrective actions & terminations; reduced the number of overturned employee terminations.
Delivered practical positive employee relations & union avoidance training and education throughout Detroit Medical Center (DMC)’s 7 hospital system
Chief and 2nd Chair negotiator for labor agreement negotiations. City of Detroit (CoD) HR Department, Detroit, MI
Human Resources Consultant II 5/19/1986 – 2/9/2001
Selected and recruited as key investigator in high profile harassment & discrimination investigations
Employee & labor relations coaching & counseling of leadership, employee, and union officials
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science – Community Development (specializing in Human Resources Management & Administration) Central Michigan University
Masters of Science – Human Resources Administration, - Central Michigan University, Pending Completion
Course work in Criminal Psychology, Wayne State University
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