About this role
About the Role
The Teamsters Joint Council 7 Organizing Fellowship is a northern California-based, hands-on organizing opportunity designed to develop newer organizers through practical workplace organizing. This role supports a long-term campaign focused on social and economic justice and worker leadership development. What You'll Do
- Leading direct outreach to workers at job sites.
- Building engagement and commitment with worker leaders through organizing committees.
- Planning and carrying out actions and events to support worker organizing efforts.
- Maintaining data tracking systems with regular input of new contacts and member participation into a database.
- Conducting small to large-scale organizing meetings and events to support organizing efforts. What We're Looking For
- Demonstrate commitment to social and economic justice.
- Excellent interpersonal, listening, oral, and written communication skills.
- Strong commitment to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Willingness to work an unconventional schedule, including night hours.
- Ability to work well with a team, agitate around key issues, and motivate others to take action.
- Effective communicator and facilitator.
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage time efficiently.
- Understanding of and commitment to a broader working class perspective.
- Language skills in Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese are heavily encouraged to apply. Nice to Have
- Multilingual abilities in Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Vietnamese are encouraged.