Position Title: Workers Rights Organizer
Status: Full-time
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Marién Casillas Pabellón, Co – Executive Director
Organizational Description
Worker’s Justice Project (WJP), a fiscally sponsored project of TSNE MissionWorks, was
founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that day laborers face by building
collective power to win institutional change. WJP runs a long-standing worker’s center in South
Brooklyn and organizes female day laborers in Williamsburg through our Women’s Economic
Justice Initiative. We promote justice and opportunity for low-wage immigrant workers in New
York City by pushing for systematic enforcement and expansion of workplace protections,
including labor and occupational health and safety standards; advocating for industry-specific
efforts to improve working conditions; offer skills-building training to workers in health & safety
and industry-specific areas; and educating immigrant communities about their rights in the
workplace and how to exercise those rights.
Position Description. The Organizer is responsible for outreach, recruit, and retention of
worker members. The Organizer provides strategic leadership in the development of
organizational base building plans, enlists WJP members, leaders and volunteers in these
movement building efforts, and trains and supports members in developing their leadership
roles in the movement. The organizer plays a predominant role in planning, developing and
carrying out organizing campaigns.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Works closely with other WJP staff – The worker organizer must collaborate on an
ongoing basis with other WJP staff. This involve regular meetings and coordination.
● Leads and develops project and/or campaign specific meetings – The organizer creates
work plans, leads strategic sessions with other staff and/or worker members.
● The Organizer is responsible to create its work plan, campaign time lines and events
required to achieve her/his project and campaign goals.
● Community and workers outreach and recruitment – Conduct consistent and targeted
street outreach of workers.
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● Organizes workshops and leadership development trainings– Organize, develops,
mentors and facilitates workshops to develop the skills of members and leaders.
● Partnership work – Invests time and energy in building and maintaining WJP’s relations
with key coalitions and partner organizations. This involves attending meetings and
inviting new and old members to partnership meetings, and reaching out to and inviting
unengaged organizations to become more involved in supporting the movement.
Represents the organization at these coalitions.
● Base-building events – Creates events and spaces that are educational and contribute
to movement building, that include entertainment and friendly, supportive socializing.
● Create spaces for workers to demonstrate their leadership and foster empower and
ownership over their organization.
● Collective identity - Aid worker members and leaders into developing a collective identity
and integrate themselves to Workers Justice Project.
● Follow-Up– Work with WJP staff to develop more systematic ways to ensure follow up of
new contacts, current members and lapsed members.
● New member orientation & member tracking– Coordinate and conduct individual and
group new member orientations. Track members’ involvement in our database and hard
copy systems.
● Conflict resolution - The organizer needs to be able to manage, aid and facilitate in
internal and conflict resolution.
● Organize and engage in direct action organizing.
Job Requirements:
● Commitment to WJP’s mission, vision, values, workers and worker justice;
● Familiarity and direct experience with immigrant workers;
● 2-5 years community, immigrant, and/or labor organizing experience;
● Bilingual in Spanish, required;
● Strong verbal and written communication skills;
● Basic knowledge in New York and Federal labor and employment laws;
● Excellent people and relationship building;
● Ability to manage multiple projects;
● Proficiency with Microsoft office software (Microsoft Word, Excel, Mail, etc.).
Position information, work schedule
This is a full-time, exempt position. Generous benefits, including medical and dental, sick days,
and vacation benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. The position requires travel
periodically as well as working some weekends.
To Apply
Applicants should send 1) a resume, 2) a cover letter describing their qualifications and interest
in this specific position, and 3) two professional references relevant to this position. Send
