National Union Organizer – Extensive Travel – Any Home Base

FEMINIST; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading labor organization committed to social change as a National Organizer. You will mobilize nurses and organize grassroots efforts for healthcare justice, build RN leadership, and work with a dedicated team. Bring your talent to transform the healthcare industry based on patient needs.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Family and domestic partner coverage

Qualifications

• Experience as an organizer in union or social justice settings.
• Commitment to social change and organization's mission.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, train, and inspire RN leaders.
• Build and maintain RN organization in the workplace.
• Organize and lead productive meetings.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Teamwork

Organizational discipline

Ability to work with diverse populations

Language skills (Tagalog, Ilocano, Illonggo)

Job description

National Organizer

Join one of the most effective organizing teams in today’s labor movement.

Bring your skills to one of the fastest growing unions in America. Nurses on the frontlines after the pandemic are doing some of the most crucial organizing. Nurses are organizing nationwide including winning the largest hospital victory in the South since 1975.

National Nurses United / California Nurses Association is now hiring committed staff for groundbreaking organizing campaigns and dynamic representational efforts nationwide.

The National Nurses Union is recognized as one of the most valuable national unions by the Nation Magazine’s John Nichols for our fearless social unionism that gets results. Help us transform the market-driven health care industry in the United States into a health care system based on patient need by building a national movement for Registered Nurse power.

Across the country, we seek experienced organizers who want to return to the progressive values that started them working in the labor movement, as well as seasoned activists eager to learn to become union organizers.

We are seeking committed organizers for exciting union drives to develop strong nurse leaders and build an effective organization with the power to fight and win improvements both inside hospitals and for the working class at large.

Mobilize for member-based power with a union that rejects corporate partnerships that sell out workers and is committed to social change.

Do the work you love with a supportive team of highly competent staff who treat each other with respect and work together to build a movement for health care justice and social change.

Job Responsibilities

1. Identify, recruit, train, develop, and inspire RN leaders through one-on-one and group communication
2. Build and maintain RN organization in the workplace
3. Organize and lead productive meetings
4. Develop and implement successful tactics to win union organizing elections against employer opposition
5. Organize community coalitions and political actions to advance our movement
6. Help organize and run large actions such as picket lines, strikes, and marches
7. Perform administrative tasks necessary for organizing (such as maintaining databases, producing materials, and correspondence)

Job Requirements/Qualifications

• Experience as an organizer in union or social justice movement settings
• Willing to work long, irregular hours (including nights and weekends), as needed
• Extensive travel as needed
• Commitment to social change and organizational mission
• 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
• Ability to speak languages such as Tagalog, Ilocano, or Illonggo is a plus
• Valid driver’s license and insured car

Anticipated starting salary range is $70,332 - $188,796 per year, depending on skills and experience. Benefits include a comprehensive package, family and domestic partner coverage. Please specify your geographic preferences, restrictions, and travel ability in your cover letter, including whether you have a valid driver’s license and insured car.

Submit your résumé and cover letter by clicking the “Apply” button and completing the online application form.

Watch Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN, explain why nurses are on the frontlines of the fight for Medicare for All: https://vimeo.com/318536393

The California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee is a leading organization of registered nurses and one of the fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. We are committed to diversity and encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.