union organizer
Posted on May 08, 2024
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UNITE HERE! Local 40
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*Job Posting: Union Organizer*
*UNITE HERE Local 40*, BC?s union for hospitality workers, is seeking a Union Organizer to recruit, train and mobilize workers to win strong workplace standards. We are committed to developing rank-and-file leadership, organizing the unorganized, and to building a strong, fighting labour union. Local 40 is a growing local union with a diverse membership working in hotels, food service, airports, and resource camps across the province.
Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to working for social justice through a strong a labour movement. The successful applicant we are looking for is driven, courageous, open to feedback, hard working, and a fighter with a deep commitment to social change. The position entails irregular hours including work in the evenings and weekends.
*Responsibilities include:*
* Identify, recruit and develop worker-leaders through one-on-one communication;
* Build and maintain active worker committees;
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to move workers to take collective action and build power;
* Identify and meet with worker leaders to recruit and train them as union leaders for their particular workplace campaign, in union and non-union settings;
* Promote rank and file leadership development;
* Identify workplace issues, learn the relevant collective agreement language, and pursue resolution through the grievance and arbitration procedures;
* Move workers into action on the shop floor to enforce their rights;
* Oversee and do grievance handling with worker leaders and organizers;
* Help to organize and run meetings and large actions;
* Frequently attend multiple distant locations within a short time span in order to meet with workers at their homes and other sites. Many of these locations will not be easily accessible by public transit.
*Qualifications:*
* Dedication to social and economic justice, and specifically to building a strong labor movement;
* Demonstrated skill in developing leaders, building unity within a diverse group, and inspiring others to take action;
* Demonstrated ability in running, planning and driving campaigns and goals;
* Demonstrated ability to use independent judgment within the context of an overall plan and structure;
* Excellent communication skills in one-on-one and group settings;
* Good organizational and administrative skills, including basic computer skills;
* Willing and able to travel to appropriate work sites, and to work long and irregular work hours;
* Must have valid driver's license.
*Job* *Requirements:*
1 year of experience as a labour/union organizer, rank and file union activist, and/or experience working with the student, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and/or environmental activist communities.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Automobile allowance
* Company pension
* Dental care
* Employee assistance program
* Extended health care
* Paid time off
* Vision care
Day range:
* Monday to Friday
* Weekends as needed
Flexible Language Requirement:
* French not required
Work Location: In person
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LocationVancouver, BC
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Salary$60,000YEAR annually
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Terms of employment
Full time
- Start date
Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
indeed.com
#9271277434
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