CECILIA ESCAMILLA-GREENWALD

• Worked with Employee/Labor Relations Manager to train supervisors and managers on employee relations matters.

• Train managers and supervisors on interpretation of Memorandum of Understanding.
• Served at main bargaining table as part of state negotiations team to negotiate contract for nine (9) bargaining units for state.
• Respond to grievances at departmental level
• Interpret state contract for Management and Represent Management in formal and informal meetings with Unions.
• Research and respond to Labor Relations allegations, concerns and inquiries raised by Management and Union.
• Provide contract interpretation and advise management and supervisors.

• Accountable for promoting non-profit, writing press releases, coordinating media outreach and town hall meetings, and managing annual fundraiser for 300+ people
• Secured high-profile speakers including state and local elected officials and their representatives
• Increased number of event sponsors, recruit, train and manage volunteers, secure caterer, event venue, ticket sales, advertising and online media and TV coverage.

• Responsible for working with negotiations team and negotiating with employers, handling grievances and confidential material efficiently and with complete security; remaining calm, thinking clearly under pressure, and using principles of labor and personnel management and public employee labor relations laws
• Represent employees before California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB)
• Visit legislators and advocate for legislative issues affecting K-12 education, para-educators, and school district staff.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
• Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.
• Interpreted and advised on labor relations policies and previously negotiated agreements.
• Negotiated collective bargaining agreements
• Completed in-depth investigations into issues pertaining to discipline and grievance management and recommended strategies
• Mediated discussions between employer and employee representatives in attempt to reconcile differences

• Train groups of 20-100 people on legislative issues impacting state employees and various departments in which work
• Chair Meet and Confers
• Represent California State Employees in nine (9) bargaining units in matters such as working conditions, contractual rights, disciplinary matters, grievances, EEO complaints involving discrimination, and adverse actions before the CA State Personnel Board, Department of Personnel Administration, and PERB; Provide counsel to members experiencing conflict with employers or co-workers resulting in mediation or grievance filing, always striving to resolve matters at lowest level possible without filing a formal grievance.

Courses include: Labor Contract Administration, Preparing for Negotiations, Organizational Development, Effective Negotiation Strategies, Negotiating a Labor Agreement, Employment Law, Effective Performance Management, Principles of Human Resource Management, Presenting & Defending ULPs Before PERB, Ethics in the Workplace, Intro. to Labor-Management Relations, The American Labor Movement, Human Resource Management