Experience

Working America
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Field Canvasser

  • 2013 - Present


Working Persons Advocacy Coalition

• C.E.O. and Founder

  • 2011 - Present

  The mission is to unite workers, public and private, in all industries, for a better understanding of our shared commonalities and what can be done to restore our American dreams. Together we will do this. We have been preyed upon for entirely too long and it is time to wake up; the alarm is sounding. Do not vote against your interests and what is good for your family. Realize that we are ALL in this together.. From Walmart to Target, to the rest of retail, all fast-food, all perma-temps, part-timers, restaurant workers still getting beaten with $2.13/hr, union workers, those who wish they were unionized, to the 18,000 victims of Hostess, the hopeless employees of a dying industry called casino gaming, the jobless, the working poor, and so on.. Show less


Golden Inn Hotel and Conference Center
• Banquet server, houseman

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2012


Teamsters Local 331

• United States
• Software Development

• steward/organizer/member advocate

  • 1998 - 2009

  Membership in Teamsters Local 331 for 13 years. Unified a loose-knit group of members considered to be permanently split while serving as chief shop steward in 2008 and 2009. Resolved grievances, reduced disciplinary actions, and prevented termination of two employees. •Twice instrumental in successfully fending off outside union raids as an organizer. Completed reconnaissance assignments. Organized rallies, kept extensive call lists, and assisted with several key winning drives. Kept detailed daily activity reports. •Led picket lines, conducted ambulatory picketing, and volunteered for both political and union-related GOTV and campaign activities. Served on the Local’s bylaws and political action committees. •Collected press, magazine articles and letters, leaflets, and assorted materials pertaining to inequality and the continuing struggle of labor and working people in general. Recently compiled all of this material into a rudimentary scrapbook which can be used as a teaching device. Show less