Assistant Director

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Organized and result-oriented with the ability and adept skills for appraising/evaluating situations, analyzing facts and developing effective course of action to achieve or exceed goals

• Labor/employee relations and communication skills honed through academic and professional experience

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature; Minor: Sociology December 2004

Savannah State University, Savannah, GA

EXPERIENCE

Business Partner, Board of Directors October 2009 –January 2011

J&C Trucking and Transportation, Inc.

Field Organizer 2005 - 2009

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Washington, DC

• Understand and interpret collective bargaining agreement/Memorandum of Understanding in a timely manner.

• Negotiate labor contracts and handle worker grievances.

• Represent workers in disciplinary hearings; represent AFSCME’s local unions in interest and rights arbitration proceedings.

• Meet with elected officials to achieve specified goals as a representative of the union

• Canvass leader and conduct one-on-one organizing

• Recruit supporters and leaders and guide their activities on behalf of the union

• Develop volunteers including, facilitating trainings.

• Develop broad, representative organizing committees of worksite leaders, and train them to move mini- organizing campaigns.

College & Community Organizer 2003 - 2004

Voices for Working Families, Savannah, GA

• Managed Hip Hop Voices program activities to engage, register, mobilize and ensure participation of college and community young adults in the electoral process.

• Assisted team members and supervisors in identifying and resolving problems.

• Coordinated field activities of canvassers including securing and reviewing site locations, interaction with community businesses, facilities, media and organizations to coordinate field events, and monitoring activities of volunteers and team members to achieve desired goals and results.

• Maintained records and produced reports to assess individual performance.

• Recruited and conducted interviews to secure team members and volunteers for events and field activities.

• Controlled expenditures in accordance with budget allocations.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Extensive knowledge of the following computer applications: MS Office Suite; Corel WordPerfect; Quick-books

REFERENCES

Dorothy Townsend, Assistant Regional Director

American Federation for State, County, and Municipal Employees

501 Pulliam Street NW

Suite 335

Atlanta, GA 30312

Phone: 404-***-****

Helen Butler, Executive Director

Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda

100 Auburn Avenue

Suite 102

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone: 404-***-****

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