Collective bargaining support
Consulting services:
- Evaluating general economic trends and their impact on collective bargaining
- Analyzing local, provincial and national budgets and their impact on collective bargaining
- Number crunching in support of collective bargaining and interest arbitration
- Analysis and communication of corporate information in restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy
- Preparation and presentation of course materials and seminars on costing collective agreements
- Deconstructing corporate finances, developing strategic options and communicating the results
Background
- 30 years of experience in economic research and public policy analysis at all four levels of government and in the trade union movement
- A record of delivering concise, credible and accurate work in a wide variety of environments and under extreme time pressure
- 20 years of involvement in collective bargaining support on behalf of some of Canada’s largest trade union locals
- Recognized particular expertise in:
- Public finance and budgetary policy
- Elementary and secondary education finance
- Pension policy and administration
- Pension investment
- Analysis and evaluation of collective agreement costs
- The steel and mining industries
- Experience in consulting on behalf of client unions and associations in the private sector and in the public sector
- An expert in the use of spreadsheets for data analysis and in the design of spreadsheet tools for negotiators
- A highly-regarded writer of speeches and reports
Representative clients
- CUPE Local 416 — Toronto municipal workers
- CUPE Local 4400
- United Steelworkers of America
- Canadian Labour Congress
- University of Toronto Faculty Association
- Association of Management and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
- IBEW
- Confederation of Ontario University Staff Associations
- CUPE National