Global Organizing Institute
United Auto Workers
Campus & Community Organizing Fellows
Paid 3 Month Summer Organizing Fellowship

Apply online at www.uawglobaloi.org
 

The UAW is building a global movement to hold corporations accountable to respect workers’ rights to organize.  We believe that the right to organize democratic unions is a fundamental human right and we are fighting globally on behalf of unorganized workers in the U.S. auto industry.

Three month long fellowships will give participants with a passion for social justice the opportunity to learn about the labor movement, and to work within the community to raise public awareness about our “Right to Organize” campaign.  Join us as we change the world and make history for workers everywhere.

Responsibilities include:

• Working  on  campaign  based  projects  involving  creation  of  blogs,  videos,  and presentations.
• Using social media and/or digital photography to spread the campaign on a global platform.
• Creating awareness amongst consumers by spreading information in the form of leafleting 15-17 hours per week.
• Spend an additional 10-15 hours per week on campus and in your community raising publicawareness about the campaign to get popular public support to strengthen the campaign.

Qualifications:

• Strong passion for social justice
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a work or organizational environment desired
• Highly effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to communicate with diverse groups of people and move conversations with people you’ve just met
• Experience in social media and networking (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging, etc.)
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Interest in digital photography and video (creative types encouraged to apply!)
• Ability to work independently, in one-on-one settings, and with a team
• Must have a flexible schedule and be able to work 30 irregular hours each week; including weekends
• Driver’s license and car required
• Bilingual applicants encouraged to apply.  Languages of interest: Spanish, Portuguese,Creole, Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, and Tamil.

$600 Per Week

Please make sure to include 2 professional work references we can contact.

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