1. Jose I Morales 1
Jose I Morales
Contact:
2402 S. Cloverdale
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: (323) 365-5347
E- Mail: mrmoralesaeu@gmail.com
A highly creative, energetic, success driven leader with over twenty years of
experience in a union environment both in the public and private sector. Spent
the last ten years educating, training, mobilizing, organizing, coordinating and
promoting campaigns.
Work History
NACHO’S TACOS Y TORTAS, INC. I WORKED AS A CEO, MY OWN
BUSSINES WITH A FOOD TRUCK 2012-2015
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION (CSEA)
LABOR RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE/ ORGANIZER
JANUARY 2000- 2012
I served as an Organizer for California School Employees (hereafter, CSEA)
from 2000-2012. CSEA is the largest classified union in the United States
which covers over 200,000 school staff employees throughout California.
There are ten (10) field offices in California. Initially, I was hired as an
Organizer housed out of the Glendale Field Office, namely the Costa y Valle
Field Office. Later, my job description was reclassified into Labor Relations
Representative/Organizer whereby I provided critical assistance with the
union workload throughout Area I. Area I covers three (3) counties- Los
Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara- from San Pedro all the way up to Santa
Maria.
 Assist Association in reaching it goals and objectives. Exercise a
considerable amount of independence, initiative, patience, and
judgment in carrying out work assignments
 Research investigate and seek solutions to membership and
Association problems
 Organize new chapters, provide education and training on
campaigns, chapter mobilizing and member recruitment.
Assisting in chapter leadership in understand CSEA goals
 Work directly with CSEA at state level to develop trainings for
CSEA members and conduct them statewide
 Represent members in all facets of the employee: employer
relationship, daily enforcement of collective bargaining
agreement, negotiations of salary, health and welfare, and fringe
benefits program. (sick leave, holidays, vacation, retirement, etc)
 Research, investigate and seek solutions between employee and
employer, defend members at disciplinary hearings, and grievance
proceedings
 State wide Training
 School Board Elections
SKILLS REFINED VIA
SCHOOLING
Grievance and Arbitration
Union Leadership I & II
Labor and Community Services
Labor Communication
Legal Protection for Workers
Health & Safety in the Workplace
Compensation & Benefits
Union Organizing in the Workplace
Conducting Workplace Investigations
Employee Discipline & Termination
AFL- CIO Organizing Institute
Greatest Accomplishments
As a CSEA Labor Relations
Representative/Organizer, with
Largest Classified Union in the
Country. Organized and Mobilized
more than 1,500 Brand NEW
members to be represented by The
California School Employees
Association. Torrance School
District, Lennox School District ,
Santa Barbara County Education
Office, Montague Charter School,
Pacoima Charter School. Unit
Modification in already existing
Chapters.
Amalgamated Two Charter School
Districts into one contract to be
negotiated for both, Montague
Charter School and Pacoima Charter
School.

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 Extensive knowledge of California Education Code and/ or State
and Federal Laws that apply to education
 Los Angeles County Federation of Labor/ Single Payer Task
Force
BUSINESS AGENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF TEAMSTERS (IBT LOCAL 396) JANUARY 1998- 2000
Work consisted of representing Rubbish Industry Waste Management.
Represent members in all facets of the employee- employer relationship. Daily
duties included; enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement,
negotiation of salary, health, welfare, and fringe benefit programs. Organized
an external campaign with National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) that got
voted in favor of 2 to 1 for the UNION and was certified by NLRB with over
70 new members.
SERVICE EMPLOYEE INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU LOCAL 434-
B) LEAD ORGANIZER 1997- DECEMBER 1998
Was instrumental in building up the internal dynamics of the union through
the Site Rep Program. Contributed to the winning election in the Los Angeles
County which attained 80,000 new member for SEIU Local 434- B. Daily
duties were organizing on a day to day home visits and meetings towards
reaching out to home care workers and signing homecare workers to having a
union.
UNITED FARM WORKER ORGANIZER 1997- 1995
Secured better working conditions for the members and developed my passion
for the less fortunate. Worked beside who were considered some of the best
trainers from UFW such as Arturo Rodriguez, Dolores Huerta and many more
UFW old time community organizers. Outreached to all of the Labor Unions
from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Contributed to the
Strawberry Campaign in Watsonville, California.
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION “SEIU LOCAL
#660” 1995-1995
Member Organizer, worked at the Los Angeles County Library in Hacienda
Heights, when Biggest Campaign in Los Angeles County. To vote for and
Agency Shop Election, I was a member in release time working for SEIU,
LOCAL # 660.
Worked as “Lost Timer” member on release from my regular Job, at the
Library, we had assigned areas trout the Greatest Los Angeles County,
scheduling Site Meetings, One on One and inoculating members about
upcoming Election, signing up new members to be able to vote. And to have
Agency Shop for ALL County Employees.
School Board Races Member at their
Local School Districts. Trained and
supervised Union Member Leaders
winning, running and engaging full
blown local School Board Races.
State Wide Election Coordinator for
the California School Employees
Association mobilizing CSEA
Members from our Field Office.
Training and Empower CSEA
members State Wide and locally:
Organizing Institute, Member Unity
Program, Job Steward Training, Site
Representative, Know Your Rights,
School Board Elections, Contract
Campaigns, Lay Off Campaign, One
on One, Home Visits Building Strong
Local Union School Districts in
California.
State Wide/Local Politics.
As a Teamster Business Agent, I
organized a new unit of 80+ Palmdale
Waste Management Employees
before the NLRB.