Labor Relations Manager

About Sun Country Airlines

We're not your average airline. We're agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as a Labor Relations Manager you'll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
• 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

Labor Relations Manager Overview:

Sun Country Airlines is seeking a Labor Relations Manager to be responsible for the administration, and interpretation of Sun Country's Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) with its five (5) unions, which include ALPA (pilots), IBT (flight attendants), AMFA (technicians), TWU (dispatchers) and IBT (Below the Wing Fleet Service employees). The Manager is an advisor to senior leadership on topics related to grievance management and alternative dispute resolution, negotiation strategies and opportunities, and interpretation and implementation matters. The Manager also develops and maintains a strong working relationship with union representatives, focused on working collaboratively to achieve our shared interests. The manager will assist in the negotiation of agreements with represented work groups.

Essential roles and responsibilities of a Labor Relations Manager:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop and maintain a positive relationship between union representation and management by using a collaborative and interest-based approach
• Develop and maintain positive and functional relationships with labor organizations representing the various work groups
• Provide advice and guidance to senior leadership on topics related to the administration, negotiation, and interpretation of Sun Country's CBAs, including grievance management and alternative dispute resolution, negotiation strategies and opportunities, and interpretation and implementation matters
• Provide prompt and effective support on labor-related issues to management within multiple corporate departments
• Work collaboratively with union representation to resolve disputes and grievances, negotiate settlements, and if necessary, arbitrate difficult cases under the RLA
• Participate in negotiations on behalf of management for new work rules and other matters for organized employee groups
• Travel as needed to build and maintain relationships with the operational teams and unions, as well as to investigate and adjudicate grievances
• Manage tracking and reporting of grievances and work with operational areas to support compliance.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Labor Relations procedures, labor laws, legislative change, dispute resolution, and other pertinent union issues

Supervisory Responsibility:

Liaise among multiple outside counsel and consultants and the CHRO or other senior leaders to provide accurate and appropriate advice; maintain, develop, and manage these multiple outside vendor relationships to deliver optimal value for Sun Country

Supervise other department personnel as required.

The required qualifications we are looking for in a Labor Relations Manager include:

• At least 3-6 years experience in Labor Relations, or operational management of unionized employees, preferably under the U.S. Railway Labor Act
• Advanced knowledge and working understanding of U.S. Railway Labor Act and applicable U.S. employment Laws (Title VII, ADA, FMLA, etc.).
• Experience with contract negotiations
• Experience with the grievance/arbitration process in the U.S. Airline or railway industry
• Adept at conflict resolution with negotiation skills
• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills, with demonstrated ability to listen and influence
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, or related field or equivalent experience/training as determined by the hiring manager

Preferred Skills

• At least 5 years experience in Labor Relations or operational management of unionized employees in an airline
• Experience or formal training in early dispute resolution strategy

Other Duties:

The above statements are intended to provide a summary of key responsibilities and the anticipated work environment of an accountant. They are not intended to be an all-inclusive listing of job duties. Position expectations may change as the needs, or the requirements of the organization evolve.

AAP/EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Sun Country Airlines respects and values every employee's contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives.

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