Union Organizer - SEIU Healthcare 1199NW - Washington State
Penny Lowry
Job Announcement: Union Organizer
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is looking for people who want to fight alongside our members for better working conditions, dignity on the job and improvements in health care for all working families.
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is a bold, democratic labor organization with an activist tradition going back to our founding in 1983 by Group Health Cooperative nurses. Today we are the largest health care union in Washington State, with 26,000 members united for quality patient care and good careers in the health care facilities and agencies where we work.
In 2014 & 2015, members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW will be taking on many exciting fights to win power for working people. Members have approved an ambitious plan to raise standards for working people including: creative contract campaigns with some of the largest health care systems in the state, winning first contracts for over 2000 newly organized members and championing efforts to pass nurse staffing legislation and common sense immigration reform.
Job Description:
All SEIU Healthcare 1199NW organizers work with our members to build and exercise power in the workplace and to advocate for a better health care system.
All SEIU Healthcare 1199NW organizers work to raise standards for health care workers by identifying, recruiting, developing and motivating leaders in the workplace.
External organizers may also build power by organizing non-union workers with a focus on one on one recruiting, house-visiting, and developing organizing committees.
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is a statewide organization with positions available in both internal and external organizing departments.
Qualifications for Organizer:
- Excellent communication skills, good judgment, ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds/cultures, commitment to justice for working people, willingness to work long and irregular hours.
· Candidates with union organizing experience are preferred.
Application Process:
Applicants must submit a current resume, with references and a cover letter expressing what their commitment and interest in the labor movement is in order to be considered for the position.