6 Union Negotiations jobs in Canada

Company Description

American Iron & Metal (AIM) is a family-owned, Canadian-based company founded in 1936 in Montreal, Quebec. Recognized as one of North America’s most sophisticated metal recyclers, AIM has evolved into a successful and multifaceted company with a global footprint. With over 90 locations around the world and 3000+ employees, our unwavering entrepreneurial spirit commitment to operational excellence and focus on our people is at the core of everything we do. We are growing and looking for new team members who are motivated to grow with us and play a key role in our expansion.

The Senior HR Business Partner will also act as the go-to expert for employee relations, supporting leaders in managing workplace issues with professionalism, fairness, and consistency.

Strategic Business partnering:

You will demonstrate an understanding and translation capability of our business challenges into practical and pro-active HR support. You will support the Management teams on HR initiatives, ensuring we can help them reaching their business strategic objectives and design their most adapted organisations to support growth and success.

Employee Relations

You will act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for managers on all employee relations matters. You will support them in handling sensitive workplace situations with professionalism, fairness, and alignment with company values and HR policies. Your role will include providing guidance on performance concerns, disciplinary processes, conflict resolution, and workplace investigations, ensuring decisions are made in compliance with employment standards and best practices. You will proactively help build a positive and respectful work environment, where employee engagement, well-being, and collaboration are actively fostered.

Talent Management:

Senior HR Business partner will be a key actor and reference in best practices development and deployment on Talent Management, ensuring right and innovative standards and practices are set across the scope. You will provide with guidance and expertise to business leads regarding employee’s motivation and engagement and how we can grow and sustain our employee’s retention. You will support Group initiatives around succession planning to ensure right pipe identification and appropriate development planning of our successor to critical positions short-mid-term.

Performance Management:

As part of the employee’s performance cycle, you will start by promoting and developing a new Performance Management scheme, supporting on change management, before animating and driving the process on respective areas (SMART objectives coaching, mid & end year review animation, development planning).

Qualifications

• University degree in industrial relations or human resources management.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in a similar position
• HR Certification is a +, such as Org development and Coaching skills.
• Team player, good management animation, capability to grow its team
• Influential leadership, analytical skills, and objectivity in carrying out its activities.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders
• Must be results, detail and customer oriented with problem solving skills.
• Possesses strong communication skills as well as strong sense of organisation and autonomy.
• Bilingualism (French/English) required

Humans of HR is proud to partner with a prominent national organization in the search for a dynamic Labour Relations Manager—a forward-thinking professional ready to lead change across a complex, unionized environment in British Columbia.

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to play a key role in shaping labour relations strategies for a mission-driven organization that touches communities across the province. If you're energized by navigating complex challenges and building trust with diverse stakeholders, this opportunity is for you.

Your Role in This Mission

• Be the Go-To Labour Relations Specialist
• Act as the organization’s lead on all matters related to labour relations in B.C.
• Advise senior leaders and HR partners on interpreting collective agreements, aligning policy with operations, and identifying potential risks.
• Turn organizational goals into labour relations strategies that drive employee engagement and operational continuity.

Own the Bargaining Table

• Lead collective bargaining initiatives from strategic planning through to agreement implementation.
• Represent the organization as the Lead Negotiator, ensuring alignment across executive leadership, communications, and government affairs.
• Foster Strong Union Partnerships
• Serve as the key liaison with union leadership to promote mutual understanding and resolve issues collaboratively.
• Facilitate joint labour-management forums and employee relations councils to maintain constructive, goal-aligned dialogue.

Drive Proactive Labour Relations Practices

• Oversee the grievance and arbitration process, using data and analytics to identify emerging trends and risks.
• Implement tracking systems and reporting tools to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support and Educate Leaders
• Collaborate with learning and development teams to deliver tailored training for leaders navigating unionized environments.
• Create practical tools and resources that boost leadership confidence and improve the employee experience.

Your Background and Expertise

• Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience in unionized settings, with at least 5 years specializing in labour relations.
• Demonstrated experience leading negotiations, resolving grievances, and managing arbitration cases.
• Strong grasp of employment legislation and collective agreement administration in B.C.
• Strategic thinker with a keen ability to assess complex scenarios and recommend thoughtful, impactful solutions.
• Skilled communicator and relationship-builder across all organizational levels.

What’s In It for You

• Competitive salary: $110,000 to $130,000 plus a 15% performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including RRSP matching
• Hybrid working model (Vancouver-based), balancing flexibility with connection
• A collaborative, values-based culture focused on community and impact
• High-visibility leadership role reporting directly to the national Head of Labour Relations—with real influence and room to grow

Humans of HR is proud to partner with a prominent national organization in the search for a dynamic Labour Relations Manager—a forward-thinking professional ready to lead change across a complex, unionized environment in British Columbia.

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to play a key role in shaping labour relations strategies for a mission-driven organization that touches communities across the province. If you're energized by navigating complex challenges and building trust with diverse stakeholders, this opportunity is for you.

Your Role in This Mission

• Be the Go-To Labour Relations Specialist
• Act as the organization’s lead on all matters related to labour relations in B.C.
• Advise senior leaders and HR partners on interpreting collective agreements, aligning policy with operations, and identifying potential risks.
• Turn organizational goals into labour relations strategies that drive employee engagement and operational continuity.

Own the Bargaining Table

• Lead collective bargaining initiatives from strategic planning through to agreement implementation.
• Represent the organization as the Lead Negotiator, ensuring alignment across executive leadership, communications, and government affairs.
• Foster Strong Union Partnerships
• Serve as the key liaison with union leadership to promote mutual understanding and resolve issues collaboratively.
• Facilitate joint labour-management forums and employee relations councils to maintain constructive, goal-aligned dialogue.

Drive Proactive Labour Relations Practices

• Oversee the grievance and arbitration process, using data and analytics to identify emerging trends and risks.
• Implement tracking systems and reporting tools to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support and Educate Leaders
• Collaborate with learning and development teams to deliver tailored training for leaders navigating unionized environments.
• Create practical tools and resources that boost leadership confidence and improve the employee experience.

Your Background and Expertise

• Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience in unionized settings, with at least 5 years specializing in labour relations.
• Demonstrated experience leading negotiations, resolving grievances, and managing arbitration cases.
• Strong grasp of employment legislation and collective agreement administration in B.C.
• Strategic thinker with a keen ability to assess complex scenarios and recommend thoughtful, impactful solutions.
• Skilled communicator and relationship-builder across all organizational levels.

What’s In It for You

• Competitive salary: $110,000 to $130,000 plus a 15% performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including RRSP matching
• Hybrid working model (Vancouver-based), balancing flexibility with connection
• A collaborative, values-based culture focused on community and impact
• High-visibility leadership role reporting directly to the national Head of Labour Relations—with real influence and room to grow

Company Description

American Iron & Metal (AIM) is a family-owned, Canadian-based company founded in 1936 in Montreal, Quebec. Recognized as one of North America’s most sophisticated metal recyclers, AIM has evolved into a successful and multifaceted company with a global footprint. With over 90 locations around the world and 3000+ employees, our unwavering entrepreneurial spirit commitment to operational excellence and focus on our people is at the core of everything we do. We are growing and looking for new team members who are motivated to grow with us and play a key role in our expansion.

The Senior HR Business Partner will also act as the go-to expert for employee relations, supporting leaders in managing workplace issues with professionalism, fairness, and consistency.

Strategic Business partnering:

You will demonstrate an understanding and translation capability of our business challenges into practical and pro-active HR support. You will support the Management teams on HR initiatives, ensuring we can help them reaching their business strategic objectives and design their most adapted organisations to support growth and success.

Employee Relations

You will act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for managers on all employee relations matters. You will support them in handling sensitive workplace situations with professionalism, fairness, and alignment with company values and HR policies. Your role will include providing guidance on performance concerns, disciplinary processes, conflict resolution, and workplace investigations, ensuring decisions are made in compliance with employment standards and best practices. You will proactively help build a positive and respectful work environment, where employee engagement, well-being, and collaboration are actively fostered.

Talent Management:

Senior HR Business partner will be a key actor and reference in best practices development and deployment on Talent Management, ensuring right and innovative standards and practices are set across the scope. You will provide with guidance and expertise to business leads regarding employee’s motivation and engagement and how we can grow and sustain our employee’s retention. You will support Group initiatives around succession planning to ensure right pipe identification and appropriate development planning of our successor to critical positions short-mid-term.

Performance Management:

As part of the employee’s performance cycle, you will start by promoting and developing a new Performance Management scheme, supporting on change management, before animating and driving the process on respective areas (SMART objectives coaching, mid & end year review animation, development planning).

Qualifications

• University degree in industrial relations or human resources management.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in a similar position
• HR Certification is a +, such as Org development and Coaching skills.
• Team player, good management animation, capability to grow its team
• Influential leadership, analytical skills, and objectivity in carrying out its activities.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders
• Must be results, detail and customer oriented with problem solving skills.
• Possesses strong communication skills as well as strong sense of organisation and autonomy.
• Bilingualism (French/English) required

Humans of HR is proud to partner with a prominent national organization in the search for a dynamic Labour Relations Manager—a forward-thinking professional ready to lead change across a complex, unionized environment in British Columbia.

This is more than a job—it’s a chance to play a key role in shaping labour relations strategies for a mission-driven organization that touches communities across the province. If you're energized by navigating complex challenges and building trust with diverse stakeholders, this opportunity is for you.

Your Role in This Mission

• Be the Go-To Labour Relations Specialist
• Act as the organization’s lead on all matters related to labour relations in B.C.
• Advise senior leaders and HR partners on interpreting collective agreements, aligning policy with operations, and identifying potential risks.
• Turn organizational goals into labour relations strategies that drive employee engagement and operational continuity.

Own the Bargaining Table

• Lead collective bargaining initiatives from strategic planning through to agreement implementation.
• Represent the organization as the Lead Negotiator, ensuring alignment across executive leadership, communications, and government affairs.
• Foster Strong Union Partnerships
• Serve as the key liaison with union leadership to promote mutual understanding and resolve issues collaboratively.
• Facilitate joint labour-management forums and employee relations councils to maintain constructive, goal-aligned dialogue.

Drive Proactive Labour Relations Practices

• Oversee the grievance and arbitration process, using data and analytics to identify emerging trends and risks.
• Implement tracking systems and reporting tools to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Support and Educate Leaders
• Collaborate with learning and development teams to deliver tailored training for leaders navigating unionized environments.
• Create practical tools and resources that boost leadership confidence and improve the employee experience.

Your Background and Expertise

• Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience in unionized settings, with at least 5 years specializing in labour relations.
• Demonstrated experience leading negotiations, resolving grievances, and managing arbitration cases.
• Strong grasp of employment legislation and collective agreement administration in B.C.
• Strategic thinker with a keen ability to assess complex scenarios and recommend thoughtful, impactful solutions.
• Skilled communicator and relationship-builder across all organizational levels.

What’s In It for You

• Competitive salary: $110,000 to $130,000 plus a 15% performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package including RRSP matching
• Hybrid working model (Vancouver-based), balancing flexibility with connection
• A collaborative, values-based culture focused on community and impact
• High-visibility leadership role reporting directly to the national Head of Labour Relations—with real influence and room to grow