Nurse Labor Organizer - Build Power & Campaigns

California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Nurses Association (CNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/National Nurses United (NNU) is seeking a skilled Labor Representative in Washington, DC, to build strong workplace committees, mobilize members around healthcare issues, and advance the fight for safe staffing and patient care.

The ideal candidate will organize campaigns, train nurse leaders, and participate in contract negotiations while traveling to worksites and working evenings and weekends as campaigns

Qualifications

• 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).
• 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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Campaign Planning

Organizing membership

Leadership development

Data analysis

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

The California Nurses Association (CNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/National Nurses United (NNU) is seeking a skilled Labor Representative in Washington, DC, to build strong workplace committees, mobilize members around healthcare issues, and advance the fight for safe staffing and patient care.

The ideal candidate will organize campaigns, train nurse leaders, and participate in contract negotiations while traveling to worksites and working evenings and weekends as campaigns