Background

My skills as a mediator are grounded in the HR-related experience acquired over my 40-year career in business.

Garda Canada Security Corporation – Regional General Manager, South Eastern Ontario

• Negotiated six collective agreements without incident as well as handled all arbitrations and Human Resources activities.

Rogers Communications – Vice President, General Manager GTA

• Negotiated an unprecedented six-year Collective Agreement with the local union resulting in labour stability through 2010
• Reported directly to John Tory, President

Rogers Cable – Vice President, Human Resources

• Responsible for all HR activities including organizational design, compensation, performance management, health and safety and employee relations
• Negotiated numerous five-year duration collective agreements with unions across Canada without labour disruption enabling continued labour stability
• Reported directly to Ted Rogers, Chairman and CEO

Domtar Packaging – Director Human Resources, Packaging Division

• Negotiated all collective agreements, handled all arbitrations and developed all HR policies and procedures for the organization
• Negotiated break-through, eight-year collective agreement with the IPU that represented four decertified plants that had broken away from the CPU
• Negotiated the potential sale of the Red Rock Mill to the town and employees of Red Rock, Ontario over a six-month period
• Developed and delivered “Mutual Gains” bargaining sessions for union and management teams, resulting in several five+ year collective agreements

Continental Can Co. USA & Canada – Director/Manager Human Resources

• Developed and implemented the Justice and Dignity clause allowing employees to work until resolution of their grievance, resulting in improved labour relations and a no-liability grievance resolution
• Decreased grievance and arbitration activity in Perry GA plant from 365 per year to seven in year one and zero in year two as a result of the introduction of a half-step grievance process

“Bill is fully engaged as a listener and problem-solver. His recommended solutions are both empathetic and insightful. In his role as a VP/GM at Rogers, he was an excellent team builder as he always encouraged employee input, helping them to identify the core issue(s) and work with them to generate solutions” – Former multi-year supplier, Toronto, ON

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