Labor relations manager

DEBORAH A. SINGER

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New York, NY 10012

Home: 212-***-****

Cell: 917-***-****

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LABOR RELATIONS MANAGER

Skilled attorney with more than 13 years of experience in all phases of labor relations including negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, disciplinary investigation and grievance arbitration.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 237

January 2002 - present

New York, NY

In-House Counsel and Citywide Grievance Coordinator

Handle all phases of public sector grievance arbitration for largest Teamster local union representing 25,000 city employees, including trying discharge and contractual arbitrations. Defend union members at Civil Service Law Section 75 hearings at Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), NYC Housing Authority and City University of New York; coordinate all grievances and litigation with outside counsel; draft and file for Step III of the grievance procedure and arbitration at Mayor’s Office of Labor Relations, NYC Office of Collective Bargaining, and NYC Board of Education. Work closely with business agent staff, legislative staff, outside agencies, and outside counsel in preparing for arbitration and litigation.

• Attend labor relations meetings with all city agencies on behalf of the union; negotiate settlement agreements; attend contract negotiations, interpret collective bargaining agreements for business agents.

• Counsel and instruct staff on contract violations, employee discipline and grievances.

• Teach grievance-handling classes at annual shop stewards’ convention.

• Draft correspondence on behalf of union directors; draft memos regarding internal policy.

MEYER, SUOZZI, ENGLISH & KLEIN

August 1998 - September 2001

New York, NY

Associate

Handled all phases of public sector grievance arbitration for Teamsters Local 237, including trying standard and expedited arbitrations on behalf of city agency professionals and laborers. Represented SEIU Local 1199 in grievance arbitration and disciplinary license hearings before the State Education Department.

• Represented Local 237 members at OATH hearings and Section 75 hearings before Administrative Law Judges.

• Represented union at labor relations meetings with city agencies.

• Drafted litigation on behalf of Local 237 for Civil Service Law violations and arbitrability challenges.

• Represented members at New York Police Department (NYPD) Internal Affairs, NYPD Licensing hearings, and Department of Investigation Hearings.

COHEN, WIESS AND SIMON August 1997 - August 1998

New York, NY

Associate

Researched and drafted briefs on federal and labor law claims, including duty of fair representation cases.. Handled grievance arbitration for numerous Teamster union locals in New York and New Jersey, including drafting of post arbitration briefs. Represented international and local union members before National Labor Relations Board; conducted depositions, drafted discovery requests, and executed document production in litigation and arbitrations.

HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES UNION

January 1995 - July 1997

LOCAL 100, AFL-CIO

New York, NY

In-house Counsel

Represented union members at grievance arbitrations; conducted settlement negotiations; filed Unfair Labor Practice charges with the NLRB; represented union at NLRB Complaint Hearings; negotiated and interpreted collective bargaining agreements for more than 200 restaurants; worked closely with organizing staff in preparing litigation; trained staff in grievance handling; attended union conventions for education of union members; attended labor relations meetings on behalf of union.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Juris Doctor (1994)

Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY

Trial Advocacy Club

National Institute of Trial Advocacy Trial Techniques course, 1993

B.F.A., New York University, New York, NY (1981)

Major: Acting; Minor: Art History

Licensed to practice law in New York and admitted in New Jersey

• Honorary Member of Actors’ Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild

• Proficient in conversational French (lived in Paris for two years)

and Spanish (born in Venezuela)

• Avid golfer

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