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You want to bring in more members to share the work of your contract action team? Think like an organizer. You want to win more grievances? Think like an organizer. Your group chat won’t commit to wearing Hawaiian shirts together to the Jaws screening? Think like an organizer.
This is a common Labor Notes refrain to many organizing conundrums—but what does it mean to think like an organizer? Is it bringing a problem-solving approach that engages and involves more people? Making direct asks of our fellow union members? Watching more movies together?
Labor Notes Organizer Joe DeManuelle-Hall joins the pod for philosophical takes and practical tips on this eternal question.
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