Randall Mayhew
Annapolis
Summary
- Career trade unionists with 25 years experience organizing, bargaining for, and representing construction, industrial, health care, and public sector workers.
- A career of successful organizing experience: "Selling" against the wind
- Help individuals identify their true concerns and needs.
- Help distressed individuals find the courage to act toward a goal.
- Support and direction to see them through to success in their action.
- Public and motivational speaking
- Scores of speaking engagements before groups from 20 to over 2000 during career.
- Ability to connect to wide variety of audiences from new employees to seasoned executives on a range of subjects.
- Management experience of diverse staff of over fifty individuals and $6M budget
- Set out priorities for both professional and field team members.
- Shaped strategic operations and maintained accountability for results.
- Managed multiple geographic operations across three time zones.
- Directed wide range of team responsibilities including public policy creation, political advocacy, corporate communication, community mobilization, and worker outreach.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
Work History
COMMISSIONER
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services
05.2015 - 05.2023
- Assisted labor and management overcome reaching impasse in collective bargaining, grievance mediation and EEO charges; Provided training to both labor and management in developing strategies in the fields of contract administration, collective bargaining, labor management committees, relationship building
- Created and implemented a pathway to success for unions and companies whose relationship has reached scorched earth level.
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING
Laborers' International Union of North America
09.2003 - 01.2010
- Supervised field and professional staff of approximately fifty people
- Developed and led national residential construction campaign
- Drafted and negotiated national Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Assisted nine regional offices in organizing efforts and negotiating first contracts.
ORGANIZING COORDINATOR
Laborers' International Union of North America
01.2001 - 08.2003
- Assisted three regional organizing funds in organizing workers
- Oversaw organizing efforts in 21 states
- Helped negotiate and achieve first contracts.
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Laborers' International Union of North America
01.1995 - 12.2000
- Oversaw organizing efforts in seven states and eight District Councils
- Managed staff of 17 organizers and support staff.
- Led Local Union of 1200 members and four field staff representing workers in the Public, Healthcare and Manufacturing sectors.
- Organized workers, negotiated initial and residual contracts, and represented members in the Public and Private Sectors.
Organizer
Southern Illinois Laborers' District Council
01.1988 - 01.1995
- Identified community organizations and leaders to establish and nurture relationships to help build awareness and win reforms for public.
- Fostered collaborative efforts to schedule, host, and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of community.
- Utilized project management skills to meet event deadlines and complete requirements.
- Created and maintained detailed event plans and budgets to comply with timelines and control costs.
- Assessed impact of union proposals on company or government operations.
- Spearheaded negotiation of union contracts as company representative.
- Interpreted and advised on labor relations policies and previously negotiated agreements.
- Negotiated collective bargaining agreements.
- Oversaw investigations into discrimination, sexual harassment or other workplace claims.
- Reduced grievances and arbitration needs by educating frontline managers on techniques for enhancing interactions between labor and leadership.
- Participated in labor-management meetings to discuss labor issues.
- Completed in-depth investigations into issues pertaining to discipline and grievance management and recommended strategies.
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.
C.O.P.E. Coordinator
Laborers Internationa of North America
01.1987 - 01.1994
- Planned, formulated and assessed goals, policies, and activities designed to implement educational objectives and performance standards.
- Built relationships with external stakeholders, community organizations and donors to increase program scope.
- Coordinated all phone banks, created, tracked house calls and reported progress with th campaign and the AFL-CIO.
- Our congressional district had a 94% success rate electing Union/Worker allies to office at the municipal, county, state, federal and judicial levels.
Local Union President/Business Manager
LIUNA Local 87
01.1983 - 01.1988
- Collected union dues to fund activities and develop and deliver key programming for union members.
- Presided over union meetings and promoted agendas with transparent information for union workers.
- Inspired and directed union officials to promote continued development and management of organization and establish decision-making processes to enable union to achieve long- and short-term goals and objectives.
- Collaborated with union members to build diverse and inclusive board of representatives highly engaged and willing to negotiate to improve workplace.
- Cultivated strong and transparent relationship with workplace to promote open communication about problematic issues against stated milestones and goals.
Employee
Mark Twain Boats
01.1983 - 01.1988
- Union Steward
- Master Gel-Coater
Education
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07.2024
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07.2024
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01.1982
Skills
- Meeting facilitation
- Government relations
- Partnership Development
- Proposal Writing
- Workforce Planning
- Social Media
- Human Resources
- Public Policy
- Partnership Building
- Crisis Management
- Customer Service
- Process Improvement
Affiliations
- Chair, LIUNA Regional Organizing Coordinators' Committee
- LIUNA Representative to AFL-CIO Building Trades Organizing Committee
- Member, Change to Win Strategic Organizing Committee
Phone
(410) 757-2529, (618) 407-4823
Timeline
COMMISSIONER
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services
05.2015 - 05.2023
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING
Laborers' International Union of North America
09.2003 - 01.2010
ORGANIZING COORDINATOR
Laborers' International Union of North America
01.2001 - 08.2003
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Laborers' International Union of North America
01.1995 - 12.2000
Organizer
Southern Illinois Laborers' District Council
01.1988 - 01.1995
C.O.P.E. Coordinator
Laborers Internationa of North America
01.1987 - 01.1994
Local Union President/Business Manager
LIUNA Local 87
01.1983 - 01.1988
Employee
Mark Twain Boats
01.1983 - 01.1988
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