About
Mr. Jackson began his career in heavy construction working as a scaffold carpenter in a shipyard in New Orleans. From there he became Field Safety, Labor and Human Resources manager for a small family owned corporation working in shipyards from Bath, ME to Tacoma, WA. After four years he became a Labor Relations Representative for the Morrison Knudsen shipyard (NASSCO) in San Diego and in rapid succession: Labor Relations and Human Resources Manager for Astoria Oil Services(building modules for the North Slope of Alaska); Senior Labor Relations Manager for Black River Constructors (building Ft. Drum, New York for the 10th Mountain Division); Associate Industrial Relations Director for Morrison-Knudsen; and Industrial Relations Director for M-K Ferguson. For the next seven years he was Labor Relations Manager for various McDermot groups. In 2001 he started Labor Relations Group Ltd, a consulting firm specializing in HR and Labor Relations. From 2008 to August 2011 he was Director of Industrial Relations for Kiewit Power. From July 2012 until the January 2015 he has been Employee and Labor Relations Counsel for BHI Energy and, thankfully back in the Construction arena. Since then he has concentrated on Mediation and Arbitration.
Specialties: South Carolina Certified Arbirator of Circut Court and Family Court matters and an accepted expert in Construction Labor Agreements and manpower projections. His negotiation history has over 50 instances of his appearing as first chair.
Work history
Arbitrator-Mediator Guardian ad Litem
James E Jackson
June 2009 – Present (6 years 4 months)South Carolina
South Carolina Certified Arbitrator for Circuit and Family Court Matters
South Carolina Certified Mediator for Circuit Court Matters
South Carolina Certified Mediator for Family Law and Probate
FINRA Arbitrator
Work Assignments Dispute Umpire- National Maintenance Agreement Policy Committee
Mr. Jackson is also available for Arbitrations, Fact Finding and Negotiations in Labor Relations Matters.
Employee and Labor Relations Counsel
BHI Energy
July 2012 – January 2015 (2 years 7 months)Greenville, South Carolina Area
Employee and Labor Relations Counsel for Multifaceted Company in the Energy Support Business.
Member of Labor Committee for The Association of Union Constructors. Member of NMAP, Exelon Agreement Committee, and various National Organizations. Represented Corporation before NLRB, OFCCP, EEOC. OSHA, Dept. of Justice and Others.
LEGAL
Various
July 2000 – 2012 (12 years)
Served as in-house legal advisor in all matters regarding EEO, Labor Relations, negotiations, and Federal and state agencies. Should litigation be necessary worked with outside counsel in these matters. Oversee litigation docket including managing outside counsel; responding to complaints and charges filed with federal and state agencies; responding to attorney demand letters; conducting and overseeing EEO and other employment related investigations; providing training on employment, union and EEO related issues; analyzing new employment laws and regulations to determine applicability to the Company and working with appropriate areas to ensure compliance; and providing legal advice to internal clients on a daily basis. Chief subject matter expert in dealing with labor strategy in determining best course of action for union/non-union performance of work. Advising on prevailing wage and FLSA applications.
Owner
Labor Relation Group, Ltd
February 2001 – November 2011 (10 years 10 months)Overland Park, KS
Consulting company specializing in:
Labor Negotiations
Grievance Handline
Arbitrations
Mediations
Jurisdictional Disputes
OFCCP Compliance Audits
Labor Studies
Federal Wage Compliance Audits
Davis-Bacon
Service Contract Act
Director of Industrial Relations
Kiewit
February 2008 – July 2011 (3 years 6 months)
Designed first ever strategic plan for Labor Relations at District Level for Kiewit Power Constructors, a 1.5 Billion Dollar entity engaged primarily in new construction of Power Plants. Represented District in grievances at National Level, negotiated Labor Agreements, and represented District before the NLRB and in FMCS mediations. Designed training programs for Project Management
Labor Relations Manager
McDermott International Inc.
January 1994 – February 2001 (7 years 2 months)
Initially with Babcock and Wilcox Construction Company as Labor Relations Manager. Transferred to B&W Nuclear in 1997 as HR & LR Manager for the Mound Decommissioning Project.
Labor Relations
Morrison-Knudsen
March 1984 – February 1994 (10 years)CA., ID., OR., NY., and OH
Battery Commander SVB. 1/141 FA (The Washington Artillery) 256 BDE.
5th Infantry Division
March 1980 – September 1982 (2 years 7 months)New Orleans
Commanded Service Battery;
Air Defense Officer;
Battalion NBC Officer
Education and qualifications
Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Juris Doctorate Law, Law
1989 – 1993
CLEVELAND MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW
Managed to complete Law School while I was Industrial Relations Director for a Fortune 500 Corporation. Logged over 100,000 miles travel each year and got to know the Dean on a First Name Basis!
Tulane University
Masters of Business Administration, Finance and Management
1982 – 1984
Member of Tulane's first Executive MBA class (EMBA). All of us worked full time and went to class Friday-Saturday-Sunday for two years. Great instruction including Milton Friedman's son, David.
Tuscaloosa High
High School
1967 – 1969
