Organizer

AFSCME; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 67,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

AFSCME in Detroit is seeking an Organizer paid on a salary basis with knowledge of MERC and NLRB procedures to run organizing campaigns. The role includes organizing committees, home visits, voter assessment, and implementing the AFSCME Organizing Model.

You will conduct one-on-one outreach, mobilize workers, train leaders, and develop campaign messaging with Communications staff, exercising discretion and independent judgment.

Qualifications

• Conducts one-on-one organizing through home and work site visits to recruit supporters and leaders.
• Develops and leads worker mobilizations; plans and conducts organizing committee meetings and workshops.
• Develops broad worker-leader committees and trains them to move the campaign.
• Writes field/work/turf plans to implement the overall organizing campaign and counter anti-union efforts.

Responsibilities

• Conducts one-on-one organizing through home and work site visits to accurately assess and recruit supporters and leaders.
• Develops and leads worker mobilizations; plans and conducts meetings with organizing committees and other workers in the campaign including public speaking and workshops.
• Develops broad, representative organizing committees of worker-leaders, and trains and deploys them to move the campaign.
• Contributes to the development of strategic campaign planning and messaging, drafts basic leaflets and newsletters with Communications staff.
• Writes field/work/turf plans to implement campaign goals and counters anti-union campaigns.

Job description

Position: Organizer
Salary Range: $66,522.00 - $89,297.04

JOB SUMMARY:

This position, paid on a salary basis, requires knowledge of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) procedures and the National Labor Relations Bureau (NLRB) procedures and is responsible for successfully conducting and running organizing campaigns. Performs activities associated with campaigns, organizes committees, makes home visits, performs voter assessment, and plans campaigns, implementing the AFSCME Organizing Model. Implementation of the AFSCME Organizing Model includes targeting, pre-petition campaigns, election campaigns, card-check campaigns, and first contract campaigns. This position consistently exercises discretion and independent judgment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducts one-on-one organizing through home and work site visits to accurately assess and recruit supporters and leaders; guides their activities on behalf of the union and identifies attitudes of individual workers to be able to plan appropriate messaging/actions.
• Develops and leads worker mobilizations; plans and conducts meetings with organizing committees and other workers in the campaign including public speaking and conducting workshops.
• Develops broad, representative organizing committees of worker-leaders, and trains and deploys them to move the campaign.
• Contributes significantly to the development of the strategic campaign planning/message, incorporates campaign message into one-on-one communications; drafts and designs basic leaflets, newsletters, and other communications methods in conjunction with the Communications staff.
• Writes field/work/turf plans to implement the overall organizing campaign and goals, and develops and implements strategies to counter anti-union campaigns.