by Organise for Change | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog
How 1100 workers won union recognition in Oregon, USA Sitting in the Mariott lobby along Beltline Road, it suddenly dawned on me that every piece of work I had done for 3.5 months would be tested, perfectly tested – no maybes, no special circumstances, no excuses –...
by Organise for Change | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog
I feel this list represents the best advice I’ve received and most important lessons learned during my time in the labour movement. Genuine organising means becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable Information does not organise workers, facts rarely move...
by Organise for Change | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
Whenever an organiser asks me for advice I recommend SEIU 1199’s ‘Advice to rookie Organisers’ from their 1985 organising conference: 1. Get close to the workers, stay close to the workers. 2. Tell workers it’s their union and then behave that way....
by Organise for Change | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog
Many of us have been there. Those organising conversations that are going incredibly well, where we’ve made a genuine connection, have established solid rapport and the worker is furious over a particular issue – you know, those conversations that seem almost too easy...
