Labor Representative - San Francisco/Bay Area, CA

CNA/NNOC/NNU; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan (comprehensive family)

Dental plan

Retirement contributions

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The California Nurses Association (CNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/National Nurses United (NNU) seeks a Labor Representative in San Francisco, CA to build nurse power and organize shop floor campaigns. You will mobilize members, develop leaders, and support contract negotiations while promoting safe patient care.

Ideal candidates have organizing experience, strong communication, and the ability to work irregular hours, including nights and weekends, to meet campaign needs.

Qualifications

• Organizing experience and campaign planning required.
• Experience engaging membership participation and developing leaders.
• Ability to analyze data and generate reports for campaigns.
• Willingness for long, irregular hours including nights/weekends.
• Commitment to social change and organizational vision.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a team.

Responsibilities

• Build and expand the nurse network and leadership.
• Develop campaign plans and mobilize members around issues.
• Maintain relationships with nurse leaders and organize actions.
• Support contract negotiations and grievances processing.
• Travel to worksites and attend to campaign needs; flexible schedule.

Skills

Organizing experience

Campaign planning

Membership participation

Rank-and-file leadership

Data analysis & reports

Irregular hours

Social change commitment

Self-management

Verbal & written communication

Teamwork

Organizational discipline

Diversity & inclusion

Driver's license & car

Job description

The California Nurses Association (CNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/National Nurses United (NNU) is leading the national movement for registered nurse power 225,000 strong to transform the profit-driven health care industry into a health care system based on prioritizing patient care.
CNA/NNOC/NNU, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, recognizes that building industrial power and holding employers accountable to nurses’ collective bargaining rights are essential to recruiting and retaining Registered Nurses, while protecting their freedom to advocate for patients without fear of retaliation.
In California the California Nurses Association passed the first historic Registered Nurse to Patient Safe Staffing law – nurses nationwide understand lives will be changed by safely limiting the number of very sick patients they are responsible for. Safe staffing makes a real difference in patient outcome and a nurse's ability to do the meaningful work they believe in, providing safe patient care.

Who We Are

We are a militant class-conscious trade union building the collective power of working people. We fight for better workplaces, stronger communities, and a society that puts people before profit. We are seeking organizers who are passionate about justice, motivated by collective action, and committed to helping workers build power.

We welcome candidates from labor, community organizing, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, student movements, political campaigns, and other mission-driven backgrounds.

What We Believe In

• Class Power: We embrace class-struggle – it is through class-struggle we build worker power to defeat the ruling class. Lasting change happens when workers organize and act collectively to improve their workplaces and communities.
• Transformative Change: We are committed to building a stronger labor movement capable of creating meaningful change for working people.
• Political Engagement: Workers have the power to fight back against all forms of oppression that impact our lives through collective action and democratic participation.

Who Thrives Here

Successful candidates are:

• Deeply committed to justice and solidarity
• Strong relationship builders
• Resilient, adaptable, and willing to learn
• Motivated by collective action and worker empowerment
• Comfortable engaging, persuading, and mobilizing others
• Prepared to work irregular hours, adapt to rapid shifts in priorities, travel, respond to campaigns, support workers during nights and weekends, and make personal sacrifices to advance collective goals.

Position Overview

We're looking for a skilled Labor Representative who is passionate about building worker power and developing nurse leaders. The ideal candidate will relish the opportunity to build strong workplace committees, mobilize members around workplace and health care issues, advance health care as a human right, and support efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes. They will bring experience in collective bargaining, planning collective actions to resolve grievances, organizing campaigns, and using workplace issues and data strategically to engage members, build collective strength, and win meaningful improvements for nurses and patients.

What You’ll Do – Responsibilities

• Build and grow the nurse network
• Identify and develop leaders
• Develop campaign plans
• Maintain relationships with nurse leaders
• Organize shop floor fights and other collective actions, including strikes
• Train nurses on how to handle low level grievances and represent their coworkers
• All matters related to collective bargaining, including organizing nurses in private and public employment
• Participate in external organizing drives
• Compiling, analyzing, interpreting and presenting pertinent data
• Assisting with contract negotiations
• Processing grievances
• Member political education
• Representing nurses in employment-related problems
• Traveling to worksites to meet with members
• Assist in other work in the field as assigned
• Maintains a flexible schedule, including regular evening and weekend work, based on organizing and campaign needs.

What You’ll Bring - Minimum Qualifications

• Organizing experience
• Campaign Planning
• Experience in organizing membership participation
• Ability to develop rank and file leadership
• Ability to track and analyze data and generate reports
• Willingness to work long, irregular hours (including nights and weekends), as needed
• Commitment to social change and to carrying out the vision and program of the organization
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team setting
• Commitment to organizational discipline
• Ability to work with a diverse, multi-cultural membership
• Valid driver’s license and insured car

Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience That Is Helpful But Not Required

• Experience assisting with contract negotiations and processing grievances
• Organized shop floor flights
• Recruited, identified and trained member leaders to recruit other leaders
• Utilized proficiently an electronic database to track information and generate reports

Location

This position is located in San Francisco, CA. Hybrid with occasional travel.

Compensation and benefits

Competitive salary range commensurate with experience, and a comprehensive benefits package including comprehensive family health and dental plan, retirement contributions, and professional development opportunities.

Pay Range
$82,762—$155,909 USD

• All CNA/NNOC/NNU employees are required to complete a background check in order to be eligible for employment.

CNA/NNOC/NNU is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate based on any protected category, including, but not limited to, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression (including transgender expression or pregnancy), political affiliation, age, immigration status or disability. We encourage qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

All submitted application materials must be the direct, original work of the applicant; the use of generative A.I. tools to write your resume, cover letter, or responses is prohibited to preserve the integrity of our hiring process.