Southern Workers Assembly

Organizer

For work in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky

 

Organization: Southern Workers Assembly
Position: Organizer
Location: Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky
Desired Start Date: April 1, 2025
Compensation: $60,000 – $65,000, based on experience, with generous health, dental, vision insurance benefits
Application Deadline: Please apply by March 7, 2025.
Position open until filled.

About Southern Workers Assembly
The Southern Workers Assembly is a network of local unions, worker organizations, and organizing committees, committed to building rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism as a foundation for organizing, uniting and transforming labor power throughout the South.

The Workers Assembly is a strategy to educate, organize and mobilize a broad social workers’ movement in the fight for power by: First, helping the most militant worker/organizers form committees in major non-union workplaces. Second, by linking together such committees into action networks (Worker Assemblies by regions, sectors or corporate ownership) capable of leading public collective action in support of immediate wage and benefit gains. Third, by encouraging new and existing unions to fully engage in major non-union workplaces regardless of NLRB election prospects.

Summary
The Southern Workers Assembly is looking for a highly motivated person with workplace organizing experience and a deep commitment to social justice for an organizer position. The role will cover Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas to support existing assembly-building efforts and identify opportunities to develop new workers assemblies in these states. The organizer will work at the direction set by the organizing coordinator to additionally recruit for and help to plan other areas of SWA programmatic work, including regional convenings, the rank and file organizing program, and other directives set by the Coordinating Committee.

Responsibilities

• Engage existing contacts and assembly-building efforts in states listed above, support them in expanding their scope of activities
• Identify and work with new contacts to develop additional workers assemblies in the listed states, along with other opportunities for collaboration and joint work with unions, worker organizations, and others
• Travel to organizing locations for face-to-face organizing with local leaders;
• In conjunction with Organizing Coordinator, plan and recruit for SWA programmatic activities, including but not limited to regional gatherings and the rank and file organizing program

Requirements

• Deep commitment to workplace and social justice organizing
• Demonstrated knowledge of movements in the south
• At least three years experience with cadre building workplace organizing, rank and file activism, community organizing and/or coalition building
• Proficient in database management and social media
• Ability to travel (roughly 40% of position) including current drivers license and working automobile
• Ability to work long and irregular hours, including frequent evenings and weekends
• Live in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, or Kentucky
• Ability to speak Spanish is a plus but not required

Supervision

• Supervised by Organizing Coordinator

To Apply
Send the following to: hiring@southernworker.org:

• résumé,
• a cover letter, and
• three references

SWA is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities to apply.

SWA is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions and treatment against employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, and/or past incarceration.