Job Description
Union Organizer, New Organizing Covering Pennsylvania SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is looking for full-time Organizers to join our new organizing team to help unite more healthcare workers into our statewide healthcare union to help win a more just healthcare system for patients and to win new standards of good jobs for healthcare workers through workers coming together to have power through their union. Location: Organizers may live anywhere in Pennsylvania, and campaigns could be anywhere in Pennsylvania. We are currently wanting folks in Western and Central PA, though organizers need to be prepared to travel outside their home community for extended periods of time.
Duties and Responsibilities: Organizers perform a wide range of duties focused on coaching and leading workers to stand up for themselves, join with their co-workers, and use their strength to win improvements on the job and in the community.
- Identifying, recruiting, and training workers to become effective leaders;
- Planning and facilitating meetings, rallies, direct action, and other ways for workers to come together and exercise their collective power;
- Tracking and assessing organization-building metrics;
- Developing a basic understanding of labor law and regulations affecting union organizing;
- Campaigning creatively around healthcare problems and other public policy issues that impact workers;
- Creating relationships with issue stakeholders and workers' allies to advance our shared agenda;
- Helping workers tell their stories through public speaking, video, social media, and other communications; and
- Using basic social media tools to effectively engage workers, build networks, and communicate.
Qualifications
- A strong commitment to social, racial, and economic justice and the desire to work hard to win;
- Excellent ability to communicate, motivate, and listen to people, and the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds;
- Ability to work independently with a strong sense of accountability to shared goals;
- Willingness to work long and irregular hours, including evenings and weekends as necessary;
- Computer and basic social media literacy, particularly Microsoft Office and database applications; and
- Ability to work long hours, visit workers at worksites and in their homes, and assist in setting up and dismantling materials for union events
Apprenticeship Program: Newly-hired organizers without previous union organizing experience begin with an apprenticeship program, typically up to three months duration that is paid at the start rate of $58,648, and includes benefits.
Travel: All positions require a valid driver's license, a car, and willingness to travel and work on the road for campaigns within Pennsylvania. SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania provides mileage reimbursement at the federal rate and lodging when working away from home.
Compensation: Starting pay for those without labor organizing experience is $58,648 with an experienced based step-scale for higher pay for those with experience (For example, a 4 year organizer salary is $79,900). Benefits include generous paid time off, defined-benefit pension, optional 401K-type plan, and fully employer paid health insurance.
Apply: Please provide a resume AND a cover letter with your application explaining why you are interested in this position. About us: SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is the largest and fastest-growing union of caregivers across the continuum of healthcare. We are the nurses, professional and technical employees, direct care, and service workers in Pennsylvania's hospitals, nursing homes, home- and community-based care services, and state health facilities. Together, we work to unite all nurses and healthcare workers, organize at work and in the community, drive public policy and legislation, and build a broad, strong movement for good jobs, quality care, and healthy communities across Pennsylvania.
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, LGBT people, and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
COVID-19 SAFETY POLICY NOTICE: Subject to applicable law, all prospective hires will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement. Hired candidates who are not vaccinated by the start of their employment and who have not been approved for a legally-required medical or religious accommodation will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, in accordance with applicable law. SEIU
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Full time, Apprenticeship, Afternoon shift,