Overview
CA Organizer, Remote – CA United Respect Education Fund Jobs in Alameda, California, USA at FEMINIST
Position: CA Organizer, Remote – Northern CA United for Respect Education Fund
California Organizer
Job Description
Reports to:Organizing Director or Deputy Director of Organizing
Supervisory Responsibilities:This is not a management or supervisory position.
Supervises:N/A
Bargaining Unit Status:In the bargaining unit
FLSA Status:Not Exempt
Location:Hybrid position; candidates must be based in Northern California and hold a residence in one of the 9 Bay Area counties: (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco).
ABOUT UNITED FOR RESPECT
United forRespect(UFR) and United forRespectEducationFund (UFREF) is a national organization committed to building power and centering the voices of people working for the country’s largest retail corporations. We utilize traditional on-the-ground organizing best practices and leverage technology to bring retail workers into a shared community of support andadvocacyto win big, bold corporate and public policy change.
ABOUT THE POSITION
UFR/EF is seeking a motivated anddynamicCalifornia Organizer to engage, recruit, and develop theleadershipof retail workers with a focus on Walmart and/or Amazon workers in the State to help drive corporate and public policy campaigns for economic and racial justice.
Major initiatives the California Organizer will be responsible for include:
Developing theleadershipof retail workers in the State by empowering them to organize their co-workers and communities toward winning corporate and public policy campaigns.
Building strong statewide committees of retail workers to support campaigns focused on raising workplace standards (i.e., living wages, fair workweek,paid family leave, earned sick time), winning equitable workplaces free of sexual harassment and racial discrimination, and advancing policies to hold corporations accountable.
We encourage you to apply for this position if you are excited about worker and communityempowerment. The ideal candidate has relationship-building, interpersonalcommunication, and leader identification and development skills.
What You’ll Be Doing
Utilize a mix of on-the-ground worker organizing and online engagement to recruit and activate retail workers in the State to support United forRespect/EF’s agenda and priorities.
Build a base of low-wage retail workers to help drive policy initiatives, actions, and priorities in the State.
Develop and buildleadershipcommittees to drive corporate and public policy campaigns through aninclusiveprocess that develops organizing andadvocacyskills.
Work with UFR/EF staff and partners to organize actions, press events, and prepare testimony for public hearings.
Support retail workers to share their stories with each other and publicly, with press and on social media.
Participate in strategy development and planning to grow our state program and advance UFR/EF’s priorities.
Utilize a data-driven organizing approach to achieve campaign goals.
Work in coalition with organizational partners in the state.
Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Bring
1-2 years of labor organizing experience, relational organizing experience strongly preferred.
Proficiency using digital tools for organizing and base-building.
Must have a car and a valid driver’s license, and be able to drive/travel as needed on a regular basis.
Experience leading a team preferred.
Strong listening, persuasion, and facilitation ski…
Title: CA Organizer, Remote – CA United Respect Education Fund
Company: FEMINIST
Location: Alameda, California, USA
Category: Management, Non-Profit & Social Impact
