Felix O. Beltran
Los Angeles
Summary
Experienced leader with a strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Committed, passionate, and skilled, eager to continue growing the Labor movement and developing the next generation of Union Leaders. Excels in creating efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Capable Lead Organizer with a proven track record of leading teams to organize successful community events and initiatives. Demonstrated ability to manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring smooth operations and high engagement. Well-developed skills in strategic planning and conflict resolution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
LEAD ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 2015
07.2015 - Current
- Oversee a five-county region for nursing home workers in Region 2 while recruiting, building, training union stewards and staff
- Successfully organized residual units in facilities to increase membership and strengthen bargaining power
- Defeated decertification efforts in hostile worksites
- Generated membership engagement and action in worksites that were unengaged through successful leader identification and recruitment
- Successfully investigate, and processing grievances up to and including arbitration
- File and follow through on Unfair Labor Practices
- Served as Chief negotiator and bargained contracts over 22 facilities
- Repeatedly recruit and turnout members for political and workplace actions
Organizer II
SEIU ULTCW
10.2013 - 07.2015
- Promoted to the Senior-in-Training program in August, 2014
- Trained and led an Organizer while successfully maintaining and performing my regular worksite organizer duties
- Tactfully conducted regular worksite visits to identify and investigate workplace issues, grievances, and conduct Labor-Management meetings
- Triaged calls from members to identify and investigate potential grievances, file the initial first step grievance and follow the steps of grievance procedure through arbitration and mediation
- Created and implemented winning worksite plans that built the groundwork for strong union shops with trained leaders, and escalate in actions, resulting in high member engagement and high-profile events
- Facilitated steward trainings on workplace rights, identifying issues, and resolving difference in the workplace among others
- Effectively recruited member leaders to take political action—including, a historic event where two buses of Nursing Home members went to Sacramento to lobby against budget cuts—conducted standard lobby visits
EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU-UHW
04.2011 - 12.2012
- Identified, recruited, and developed healthcare members to be part of a public campaign to reduce preventable chronic conditions and participate in public health fairs for low-income communities
- Recruited members to the Governor’s Task Force on lowering health care costs
- Created a campaign message that resonated with various work classifications, recorded their responses, and updated daily reporting charts using our OrgVan database, Word, and Excel
LEAD EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 721
01.2008 - 04.2011
- Led teams of organizers and members through successful elections in the public health agencies in Los Angeles
- Facilitated organizer trainings, modeled conversations in the field, worked closely with the bargaining teams in each clinic and facilitated weekly turf audits using an internal tracking system
- Collaborated with Communications Department to create field literature for duration of campaigns
- Led a team of ten staff and volunteers through two consecutive organizing campaigns resulting in two election campaigns and a win of 2,500 workers
- Facilitated daily meetings, trainings, turf audits and debriefs to evaluate daily goals with an emphasis on planning and executing public events including coordinating the permits and logistics of events in public facilities
EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 660 &721
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Identified, recruited member Leaders / Organizer to win recognition for county and city workers
- Developed and implemented comprehensive campaign plans to recruit member leaders and community allies
- Executed all aspects of the campaigns and strategized with our legal team to build our case before PERB
- Probed cities surrounding Los Angeles for possible organizing drives, researched city Employee Relations Ordinances using Internet Explorer, Google and other search engines
- Executed membership drive in Sanitation Department increasing membership levels from 30% to over 50%
- Won recognition for Emergency Systems Coordinators and 300 new Agency Shop members in LA County
- Won decertification campaigns to maintain 1,200 members while simultaneously winning recognition of 300 new student workers
Education
Santa Monica Community College
Santa Monica, California01.2002
Foshay Learning Center
Los Angeles, California01.1999
Skills
- Effective Team Collaboration
- Team Development
- Client Relationship Development
- Skilled in Contract Negotiation
- Conflict Mediation Expertise
- Comprehensive Project Coordination
- Analytical Problem-Solving
- Proficient in Organization Techniques
- Strategic Development
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Employee Training
- Operational Management
- Strategic Event Management
- Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
LEAD ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 2015
07.2015 - Current
Organizer II
SEIU ULTCW
10.2013 - 07.2015
EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU-UHW
04.2011 - 12.2012
LEAD EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 721
01.2008 - 04.2011
EXTERNAL ORGANIZER
SEIU Local 660 &721
01.2007 - 01.2008
Foshay Learning Center
Santa Monica Community College
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