Union Organizer - Southern California (Orange County, CA)

Job title: Union Organizer - Southern California (Orange County, CA)

About the Role UPTE, CWA Local 9119 is seeking a Union Organizer based in Orange County, CA to recruit, train, and mobilize members in campaigns across Southern California. The role helps develop member leaders, supports stewards, and works with local and systemwide officers to achieve campaign goals. This hands-on organizing position emphasizes leadership development, education, and sustained member engagement.

What You'll Do

• Train members to plan, lead and conduct organizing, political, legislative, and issue-oriented campaigns.
• Work collaboratively with local and systemwide officers to propose and implement campaigns.
• Develop member leaders to run strong chapters addressing members' needs.
• Recruit new members and engage leaders to participate in union activities and political campaigns.
• Maintain regular one-on-one contact with members.
• Build and sustain worksite leadership structures through recruiting, training, and supporting stewards and other leaders.
• Develop and deliver formal and informal education programs to train stewards and worksite leaders.
• Demonstrate proficiency in organizing through leadership development and mentoring.

What We're Looking For

• 3–5 years of prior labor or non-profit organizing experience, especially in member development.
• Demonstrated success in member-based field organizing and mobilization.
• Ability to conduct one-on-one visits, site visits, in-person meetings, phone calls, video meetings, and other interactions with members and prospective members.
• Experience working with groups of activists on defined outcomes and benchmarks.
• Post-secondary education and/or work experience showing strong strategic and analytical abilities.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills; excellent written and verbal communication.
• Moderate computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and email applications).
• Valid California driver’s license; travel and extended work hours may be required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $87,220.41 – $132,987.17 per year.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.