UAW 872 is hiring: Organizer in Training

Recruitment
Written By UAW 872

Overview 

UAW Local 872 is the union of graduate student workers at the University of Southern California. Our union is looking for active organizers to join a paid, eight-week Organizer in Training program to further develop organizing skills and build union membership and participation of Graduate Student Workers at USC, with a particular focus on the Viterbi School of Engineering. These are eight-week positions at 10 hours per week (.25 FTE), starting on Monday, July 6th and ending Friday, August 28th. There will also be a possibility to extend the position an additional four weeks, to September 25th, if there is mutual interest between the candidate and the Local.

Job Duties 

  • Sign up new members and answer questions about benefits, rights, and protections in the union contract

  • Conduct one-to-one organizing conversations with a focus on building union capacity

  • Identify and develop new union leaders

  • Utilize and maintain membership lists

  • Meet regularly for coaching by experienced union organizers, including 2-3 hour weekly trainings

  • Assigned between 1-3 departments as their “turf”, depending on number of workers in each assigned department

Job Requirements 

  • Passionate about improving workplace conditions at USC

  • Detail-oriented

  • Committed to higher education

  • Willing to have conversations about the importance of union membership and participation with academic workers from diverse backgrounds

  • Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed

  • Ability to regularly work in person on the assigned campus and occasionally at other sites in Los Angeles (e.g., UAW Region 6 office in Pico Rivera, other USC campuses and worksites)

  • Knowledge of Google Workspace and Zoom

  • Preference for applicants to be current graduate student workers at USC

  • UAW 872 is unable to sponsor a visa at this time

Pay 

  • $3,169 for eight weeks (equivalent to $20,600 annually for .25 FTE)

  • No benefits will be provided

How to Apply

  • Email your resume to staff.application@uaw872.org with “OIT Application” in the subject line

  • Interviews will be conducted in mid-June

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