UNITE HERE Local 19 in San Jose, CA is seeking an Organizer to join our dedicated team. The Organizer will identify, recruit and develop worker leaders, build active worker organizing committees, work with local union team to win union representation and contract fights, and help build the movement of workers in the San Jose region. UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership - largely Latino and Asian immigrants and African Americans – with a majority being women. Through organizing and winning good contracts, UNITE HERE members in San Jose and throughout North America have made hundreds of thousands of traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify and develop worker-leaders through one-on-one communication;
• Build and maintain worker committees; 
• Organize and lead worker committee meetings;
• Help to organize and run large actions such as picket lines and civil disobedience; 
• Perform administrative tasks necessary for worker organizing such as maintaining database, producing materials and correspondence.

Desired Qualifications:

• Dedication to social and economic justice, and specifically to building a strong labor movement;
• Organizing experience, particularly in building unity within a diverse group, and inspiring others to take action;
• Demonstrated ability to use independent judgment within the context of an overall plan and structure; 
• Excellent communication skills in one-on-one and group settings;  
• Good organizational and administrative skills, including basic computer skills;
• Willing and able to travel to appropriate work sites, and to work long and irregular work hours;
• Valid driver's license and own car; 
• Bilingual Spanish/English.

Salary determined by experience. Excellent benefits included.
UNITE HERE is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Women and People of Color are strongly encouraged to apply.