Organizer School Spring 2023
Join us for the Rochester Next Up, AFL-CIO Organizer School 2023
We are in a powerful moment for the Labor Movement. Workers across the nation are organizing from Starbucks to Amazon. Locally, non-profit workers and veterinarian technicians have shown the new grounds that unions can find strength. Striketober showed us that unionized workers across multiple industries are ready to stand up and fight in ways that hasn't been true for years.
It's vital that the Labor Movement and our allies rise to the occasion. But as we know, this sort of organizing can be incredibly difficult. Luckily, there are tools that have been developed and adapted over the course of decades by some incredible union organizers.
The April training will run from April 28th until 30th. On Friday the 28th will be a joint dinner among those training and some introductions. It will go from 6:30pm until about 8:30pm. Saturday will be a full day training from 9am until 7pm. Sunday will be a partial day training from 9am until 3pm. Locations will be shared with attendees (all in-person and in Rochester).
Join Rochester Next Up, AFL-CIO for the 2023 Spring Organizer School! We have the opportunity to spend a weekend learning from experienced organizers to improve our practices as union and community leaders. This training will cover:
- Recruitment conversations and how to increase the activity of potentially organizing workers and current union members.
- Building and Assessing the strength of committees
- Tools for organizing new unions
- Internal union leadership development
- Base-building as a foundation to organization and movement
This training will be open and made relevant to union members, staff and leaders as well as community allies of the labor movement. Tickets to participate in the weekend training are $180 and scholarships are available upon request!