Labor Relations Specialist

Labor Relations Specialist — Vanguard Industrial Group

Pittsburgh, PA | July 2023 – Present

• Mediated 32 formal employee grievance cases under a multi-site collective bargaining agreement, resolving 94% of disputes prior to escalation to formal arbitration processes, saving $120,000 in legal fees.
• Facilitated monthly joint labor-management committee meetings representing 450 unionized workers, reducing ongoing operational work stoppage risks by 22% through proactive safety and policy alignment.
• Analyzed historical grievance trends using LaborSoft to identify supervisor-level compliance gaps, leading to the creation of targeted policy training modules that reduced new grievance filings by 30%.
• Administered contract interpretation support for 15 department managers, ensuring 100% regulatory compliance with federal labor standards and collective bargaining agreements across 3 facilities.

Labor Relations Coordinator — Sentinel Logistics Solutions

Erie, PA | June 2021 – June 2023

• Coordinated I-9 compliance audits and personnel documentation reviews for 280 logistics employees, resolving 18 separate database data discrepancies to ensure 100% accuracy ahead of external audits.
• Conducted contract research and preparation of comparative bargaining summaries for 3 collective agreement negotiations, accelerating the preparation lifecycle by 15 days using automated Excel sheets.
• Maintained the labor relations case database in SharePoint for 120 active cases, enhancing records retrieval speed by 35% for HR partners and ensuring strict compliance with internal SLA targets.
• Guided the employee onboarding process for 85 newly hired union workers, presenting benefit structures and workplace rules to reduce initial payroll and contract error rates by 18%.

Labor relations, Grievance mediation, Collective bargaining, Contract interpretation, Union relations, Conflict resolution, Employment law compliance, FLSA guidelines, FMLA administration, LaborSoft, Workday HRIS, SharePoint case logging, Microsoft Excel, Data analysis

Collective Bargaining Agreement Re-negotiation

Role: Lead Contract Research Analyst

Tools: LaborSoft, Microsoft Excel, SharePoint

Prepared data package analyzing compensation rates across 6 regional competitors, enabling the negotiation team to secure a 4-year contract with a 3% annual wage cap adjustment.

Grievance System Digitization Project

Role: Implementation Coordinator

Tools: LaborSoft, Workday HRIS, Microsoft Teams

Led the migration of 300+ paper files to the LaborSoft cloud platform, decreasing case processing times by 25% and improving tracking visibility for 12 department heads.

• Certified Labor Relations Professional (CLRP) (2022)
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) (2023)
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Professional Affiliations: Active member, Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Pittsburgh Chapter
• Availability: 2 weeks notice