Boycott Organizer - Local 8, Seattle, WA
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This position is no longer available. Thank you for your interest in working with UNITE HERE.UNITE HERE Local 8 in Seattle, WA is seeking a Boycott Organizer to join our dedicated team. Boycotts are a critical piece of our union's comprehensive campaigns. Through solidarity and action, our members are raising the standards of low-wage, service sector jobs, and winning dignity and respect on the job.
Boycott Organizers develop strategy to move customers from boycotted properties, work with worker committees and lead teams of volunteer activists to plan and carry out creative actions to help enforce boycotts. The work is typically 30% - Coordinating and executing creative actions at strategic locations to help enforce boycotts and 70% - Research and campaign communications related work.
UNITE HERE Local 8 represents over 3,000 hospitality workers, including hotel workers in downtown Seattle, SeaTac, Tacoma, and Olympia. UNITE HERE's membership is very diverse, comprised largely of immigrants and including high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers – with a majority overall being women. Through organizing and winning good contracts, UNITE HERE members in Seattle and throughout North America have made hundreds of thousands of traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs. More information: www.unitehere8.org.
Desired Qualifications:
- Must have passion for low wage and other worker struggles;
- Must have previous activist experience -- boycott experience a plus;
- Must be assertive and have excellent language, writing and computer skills.
- Applicants must be willing and able to travel to appropriate work sites, and relocate as necessary.
- Spanish language skills are desired.
Duties Include (but are not limited to):
- Researching hotel clients;
- Developing and carrying out strategy to move clients from hotels that are driving down industry standards;
- Recruiting/developing/maintaining volunteer committees;
- Working with community and labor allies;
- Coordinating actions such as leafleting, delegations and marches, including frequent early morning actions.
UNITE HERE is an equal opportunity employer and gives equal consideration to all applicants without regard to sex, age, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.