Workers United

Seiu 49; New York (NY); On-site; USD 74,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Pension

Job summary

Workers United - SEIU seeks a Lead Organizer to join campaigns organizing workers at their worksites, industries, and communities. This role focuses on building power, training organizers, and coordinating with union staff to advance organizing efforts across geographies.

The Lead Organizer will lead teams, manage deadlines, and maintain data while collaborating with allied organizations to win better conditions for workers. Travel throughout the year is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of labor or community organizing experience.
• Knowledge of NLRA as relates to organizing campaigns.
• Strong leadership, training, and motivating others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with computers including social media, Word, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead external organizing campaigns and develop worker leaders across geographies.
• Build strong member participation across one or more geographies.
• Lead staff and member teams; manage goals, roles, processes and relationships.
• Train volunteer member organizers and Organizing Committee members.
• Collaborate with allied organizations to improve conditions in the industries Workers United organizes.
• Maintain accurate data on all organizing activity.
• Support collective bargaining and dispute resolution as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Labor organizing

NLRA knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Training

Time management

Public speaking

English proficiency

Teamwork

Digital campaigning

Tools

Word

Excel

Social media

Campaign databases

Job description

Workers United-SEIU seeks a Lead Organizer to join exciting campaigns to organize with workers building power at their worksites, in their industries and in their communities. We are looking for a hardworking, driven, talented individual who is committed to winning campaigns for working people and is ready to immediately get to work with the Workers United Organizing Team.

WHO WE ARE: Workers United - SEIU represents approximately 86,000 workers across the US and Canada. Our membership is diverse, and includes garment workers, food service workers, distribution center workers, and industrial laundry workers. We are also leading dynamic campaigns organizing young workers in new industries. We are the union for Starbucks workers and for the more than 1,300 workers at 32 rock-climbing gyms across the country who have joined our Climbing Workers United campaign.

Workers United has a deeply rooted history representing garment workers. We are the former International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, which was created in 1900 to fight sweatshops and win decent working conditions in the garment industry. The ILGWU was one the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female and immigrant membership. We’re also the former Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), which fought racist factory owners and won historic organizing victories in Southern textile mills.

Today we still hold close our founding values from over 100 years ago; every industry is organizable, and every worker deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. These are the same values shared by our parent union, the Service Employees International Union, with more than two million members in the United States and Canada and a leader in the fight for social justice.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under the direction of a Deputy Organizing Director, lead external organizing campaigns, develop worker leaders, and build strong member participation across one or more geographies. This organizer may support campaigns in the indoor rock-climbing industry and other sectors as part of the union’s broader organizing program.
• Lead staff and member teams, including managing goals, roles, processes and relationships, relationship building, and working collaboratively across the union.
• Assist in the direction and development and training of volunteer member organizers and Organizing Committee members.
• Works with allied organizations and communities in the fight for better conditions in the industries Workers United organizes and represents.
• Maintains accurate data on all organizing activity.
• Supports collective bargaining and dispute resolution as needed.
• Works with union staff to carry out other duties as needed

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Dedication to workers’ rights, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ justice.
• 2+ years of experience in labor and/or community organizing with increasing responsibility, ideally with knowledge of NLRA as relates to organizing campaigns.
• Adept at leading, training, and motivating others.
• Skilled at managing and meeting many and varied deadlines.
• Excellent analytical and judgement skills as demonstrable by the ability to assess information and evidence and act strategically.
• Excellent interpersonal skills as demonstrated by the ability to relate, establish, and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop varied communications tools as part of organizing campaigns.
• Skilled at managing multiple projects, meeting varied deadlines, and being flexible with changing priorities.
• Effective demonstrable oral, written and listening skills in English.
• Experienced in receiving and offering feedback openly and constructively .
• Effective facilitation and meeting management skills.
• Experience organizing independently and as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of computer programs including social media, Word, Excel, and good planning and administrative skills.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a valid driver’s license with a good driving record
• This position will require a substantial amount of travel throughout the year. All travel expenses will be covered.
• Physical demands: The capacity to lift up to 25 pounds is required. Able to drive, sit, stand, and walk for long periods of time. Ability to work long and irregular hours including nights and weekends.

LOCATION: New York, NY

SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary range for the NYC Lead Organizer position is $74,000 to $85,000 depending on experience level. We offer a generous benefits package including fully employer-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance and pension.

Note: This position is open until it is filled; however, the posting/acceptance of applications may close at any time.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

Workers United - SEIU is an affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. We work to ensure fair treatment of applicants and employees and actively enforce policies against discrimination and sexual harassment.