Taking collective action requires trust, unity, and a whole lot of logistics. A spin on an EWOC fundamentals session, this training is a place to workshop the arc of your campaign and make a plan to win. It's also an opportunity for volunteers looking to better support their campaigns through taking risks to confront the boss.
There are two core building blocks of any organizing effort: understanding your workplace and talking to your coworkers. Come to this EWOC fundamentals session to hear from workers and organizers about building an organizing committee and practice the organizing conversation. If you haven't taken the fundamentals course and want to participate in the popular education training on Sunday (formerly "train the trainers") to join the training team as a facilitator, this is your chance!
Join us for a portion of Labor Notes "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" workshop, focusing on engaging members in the union, how the boss disorganizes us, identifying an organizing issue, and why we need escalating campaigns to win.
Expand on Saturday’s training (whether you were there or not) about the organizing conversation and how to overcome fear. We will go over the common features of a boss campaign, how to inoculate your coworkers, and take more time to practice the organizing conversations that you might be having in the later stages of a campaign. Whether you work for a well-meaning nonprofit, the government, a small business, or a mega-corporation, bosses are gonna do boss sh*t.
