BC Unequal Women Campaign Organizer – UNITE HERE Local 40 – Vancouver, BC Full Time

UNITE HERE Local 40 – BC Unequal Women Campaign Organizer

Position: BC Unequal Women Campaign Organizer

Employer: UNITE HERE Local 40

Location of Work: #1812-1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 2K3

Start Date: As soon as possible

Language: English

Wage Range: $50,000-$60,000 annually, depending on experience, with potential for discretionary pay increases, as negotiated in staff collective agreement.

Vacation: 2 weeks after 1 year; 3 weeks after 3 years

Other Benefits: Extended health, disability, pension, and other benefits as provided in staff collective agreement.

Nature of Employment: Full-time, permanent

Hours per Week: 40

Description: The organizer for the Unequal Women campaign will be recruiting and training a worker committee to stand up to the massive firings of hundreds of women in the hotel industry through worker strikes, boycotts, political and community organizing. The successful applicant we are looking for is driven, courageous, open to feedback, hard working and a fighter with a deep commitment to social change.

UNITE HERE Local 40 is BC’s hospitality workers’ union. We had a sexual harassment campaign in 2019 for women servers in the hotel industry who came public with their stories leading to groundbreaking language protection. The majority of hotel workers are women, in particular brave women of colour-lead worker committees, who were responsible for organizing 1200 strikers in a 59-day strike that stood up to decades of disrespect by powerful hotel corporations. Join a union with a proud tradition of powerful women leaders in multiple generations leading and winning fights across North America
Job Duties:

– Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate union recruitment strategies including policies, programs, and procedures.

– Ensure union is advised of developments, potential obstacles, and other relevant activities.

– Develop and establish member training material and sessions.

– Organize and participate in meetings and demonstrations.

– Promote rank and file leadership development.

– Identify and meet with worker leaders to recruit and train them as union leaders for their particular workplace campaign, in union and non-union settings.

– Identify workplace issues, learn the relevant collective agreement language, and pursue resolution through the grievance and arbitration procedures.

– Frequently attend multiple distant locations within a short time span in order to meet with workers at their homes and other sites. Many of these locations will not be easily accessible by public transit.

Job Requirements:

1 year of experience as a labour/union organizer, rank and file union activist, and/or experience working with the student, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and/or environmental activist communities.

Contact: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume outlining relevant experience and including references to updates[at]local40union.com. Only candidates meeting all requirements will be contacted for interviews.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $50,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends

Work remotely:

• No

COVID-19 precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings