Internal Organizer
AFT Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Date Position Posted: February 4, 2008

Deadline for Application: Open until filled. Reviews begin February 29, 2008

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Growing and progressive federation of educators, state employees and other professional unions seeks an Internal Organizer to work with existing bargaining units to strengthen membership. AFT-Wisconsin represents nearly 17,000 members in 550 job classifications in the state of Wisconsin. The federation is creating an Organizing Department and seeks to increase its membership by both internal and external organizing. The position is based in the Madison office but involves travel statewide. This Organizer reports to the President of AFT-Wisconsin.

Duties include:

• Work with existing bargaining units on the accretion of state employees into those units.
• Consult with field staff to identify organizing targets.
• Assist agency-fee payers in becoming union members.
• Make house calls and workplace visits to meet with workers and listen to their concerns.
• Identify, recruit and train worker leaders.
• Turn out workers to meetings and events.
• Organize around specific legislative and workplace issues to strengthen membership.
  

QUALIFICATIONS 

The successful candidate should bring the following qualifications and experience to the federation:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience as a union organizer.
• Demonstrated ability to move workers from unorganized to organized status.
• Fervent belief in unions and a passion for working family/labor issues.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Creative problem solver, open to new ideas.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize members to participate in political action.
• Experience with politics, government and legislative work.
• Willingness to work long and irregular hours, including nights and weekends.
• Professional integrity and personal ethics, consistent with union values.
• Excellent computer skills, including working knowledge Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook.

AFT-Wisconsin offers excellent salary and benefits. Salary for this position is governed by terms of the collective bargaining agreement with the AFTW Staff Union, and fall in the range $50,308 - $61,669.

TO APPLY

Completed dossier should include: AFT-Wisconsin application (available at www.aft-wisconsin.org/workataftw/), cover letter and resume. Applications will only be accepted electronically. Please submit your materials to Bryan Kennedy, President of AFT-Wisconsin, at kennedy@aft-wisconsin.org. To ensure full consideration, application materials should be received by February 29, 2008; however, review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Questions can be directed to Bryan Kennedy via email at the above address or by calling 608-662-1444, ext. 232.

The American Federation of Teachers and its affiliates
are equal opportunity employers.