Earl Thompson

Training professional with proven record in designing and executing comprehensive training initiatives that drive organizational growth. Valued for collaborative approach and results-driven mindset, consistently meeting dynamic business needs. Skilled in instructional design and fostering positive learning environment, ensuring reliable and adaptable support for teams.

• Organizing Actions
• Secretary-Treasurer/Vice President, AFSCME Local 3302 September 1997 – December 1999
• President, Legal Process Bargaining Unit 860, SEIU 721 January 1, 2000 – July 2009. Presides over all organizational meetings of the Executive Board. Execute the laws and orders of the organization, appoint all committees, serves as Ex Officio member thereof and sign and execute all contracts and agreements and other documents for and on behalf of the organization. Lead bargaining team members for negotiations of all policies/procedures and Memorandum of Understandings. Train new stewards regarding organizational skills and grievance handling.
• Bargaining Policy Committee Member – January 2000 – July 2008.
• Negotiated initial Memorandum of Understanding and all successor Memorandums.
• Research and write M.O.U language proposals.
• Negotiated Superior Court policies and procedures in Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura Counties
• Created the Superior Courts’ Newsletter (Purple Reign).
• Implemented and coordinated a training program employees to understand Courts’ Policies and Procedures.
• Train stewards on how to investigate, write, and present a grievance.
• Negotiated the Reclassification for the Los Angeles Superior Court Legal Processing Unit, presented all appeals and assisted with the arbitration cases.
• Participated in many rallies, work actions and strikes.
• Conduct Labor Management Meetings.
• Recruiting
• 1997 - Recruited non-union workers at the Los Angeles Superior Court by explaining the benefits of membership and collective bargaining.
• Create and distribute fliers, and union materials.
• 2001- Participated and promoted Agency Shop for Bargaining Unit 860.
• Worked on issue campaigns for American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) by collecting signatures for petition drives, lobbying local legislators, writing letters, etc…
• Recruit new stewards and union contacts.
• Conduct work site meetings.
• Recruit C.O.P.E. members.
• Worked as a Member Organizer.
• Converted Dissenters
• Training
• Steward Orientation
• Grievance Handling Skills.
• Effective Labor Management.
• Communication – How to Create an Effective Newsletter.
• Basic Negotiation Training