Jobs

Union Organizer

Renton , WA

Summary

SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is looking for people who want to fight alongside our members for better working conditions, dignity on the job and improvements in health care for all working families. SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is a bold, democratic labor organization with an activist tradition going back to our founding in 1983 by Group Health Cooperative nurses. Today we are one of the largest health care unions in Washington State, with 22,000 members united for quality patient care and good careers in the health care facilities and agencies where we work.

Description

 SEIU 1199NW organizers work with our members to build and exercise power in the workplace and to advocate for a better health care system.

SEIU 1199NW organizers work to raise standards for health care workers by identifying, recruiting, developing and motivating leaders in the workplace.

Organizers also build power by organizing non-union workers with a focus on one recruiting, house-visiting, and developing organizing committees.

Qualifications

Excellent communication skills, good judgment, ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds/cultures, commitment to justice for working people, willingness to work long and irregular hours.