Posted By: Career Enrichment Network
This opportunity is available for graduating seniors & recent graduates.
The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute recruits, trains and matches applicants who are passionate and dedicated to social and economic justice to unions looking to expand their organizing programs. A union organizer helps people build collective power in their workplaces through organizing a union. Union organizers work directly with people who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and want a voice in their workplaces.
The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) provides an intensive training program for candidates interested in becoming a union organizer. The process begins with a three-day training, where candidates learn and practice basic union organizing skills (housing and meals provided). Applicants selected participate in a 12-week, paid ($600 per week, minus taxes) field training with an AFL-CIO affiliate union, where they learn union-building skills and gain experience on a union organizing campaign firsthand.
Upon successful completion of the AFL-CIO Apprenticeship Program, apprentices are recommended by the Organizing Institute to be hired by local and national unions. Annual starting salaries, depending on the union, range from $40,000 to $55,000 with excellent benefits.
The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute is looking for participants who are ready to immediately jump into a career as a union organizer. We are looking for those candidates who are energetic, passionate and committed to building a strong movement for working people in this country. Applicants MUST be willing to RELOCATE to where the work is. Applicants MUST have a clean & valid driver’s license. People of color, women and bilingual applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.