Campaign Lead on AFA-CWA Delta Flight Attendant Organizing Drive | Los Angeles, California

Campaign Lead on AFA-CWA Delta Flight Attendant Organizing Drive | Los Angeles, California 

The Delta Air Lines Flight Attendant campaign is the largest in the country with 28,000 Delta Flight Attendants seeking to gain a voice, respect and fairness on the job through an election conducted under the Railway Labor Act. Delta is the only U.S.-based mainline carrier where Flight Attendants are not represented by a union. AFA-CWA is working in a coalition with IAM and IBT to organize a total of 50,000 workers. Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a U.S. legacy airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, where approximately one third of the 28,000 Flight Attendants are based.

AFA-CWA is seeking an Organizer to work with Flight Attendants based in Los Angeles, CA as part of the national campaign.

AFA-CWA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, LGBTQ+ workers are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Qualifications:

• Willing and able to take regular direction and learn from experienced campaign staff 
• Willing to commit, energy, heart and long, irregular hours
• Ability to learn and implement the campaign basics
• Be able to take notes, listen and get information/report back to DOC or other campaign leadership to evaluate campaigns
• Ability to assess workers’ support of the campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups.
• Ability to follow up on leads in a timely manner
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of an organizing campaign.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic labor movement and ability to organize workers from diverse backgrounds and demographics.
• Willing to attend an Organizing Institute
• Basic communications skills, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Motivated self-starter able to learn and troubleshoot without heavy supervision
• Driver’s license and reliable car, must be able to travel to work locations away from home/office location.
• 2 years minimum of prior relevant, applicable campaign experience. For worker organizing campaigns, relevant campaign experience means experience winning or otherwise effectively waging NLRB elections or other applicable forms of union recognition or certification. For political or legislative campaigns, relevant campaign experience means applicable experience conducting political mobilization, or staffing candidate or issue campaigns, or engaging in legislative advocacy. For other types of campaigns, relevant, applicable campaign experience may vary.
• Strong social, written and verbal communication skills
• Patient in pressure situations and savvy with conflict management
• Bilingual, a plus

Responsibilities when employed in an Organizing campaign:

• Ability to assess support of the union or campaign, identify potential committee members, move workers to make concrete commitments and take action, recruit people to a committee, facilitate committee meetings, work with groups
• Understand and discuss issues in a way that contribute to the momentum of a campaign
• Utilize numerous organizing tactics including home-visiting, cold phone calling, hand billing, etc.
• Have a fundamental commitment to building a diverse and democratic movement and ability to organize workers and citizens from diverse backgrounds and demographics
• Along with campaign leadership, be able to work effectively with committee members
  • assist with moving campaigns to stage 3
  • keep the organizing committee on track
  • motivate them to move through roadblocks and be public when it is time
  • give them a realistic assessment of progress and inoculate them
• Work with the local to help identify and encourage others in local to participate in organizing campaigns and build support for organizing
• Along with the DOC, be able to help develop and implement a local organizing plan
• Must be able to work on projects to build the local, but also be able to assist in national and district organizing projects.
• Be heavily involved in major National and District Organizing Priority campaigns
• Capable of running campaigns with minimal assistance, motivate and dig out committee members, ability to take initiative to implement organizing goals, work in a team with other organizers involved in the campaign
• Be able to communicate effectively in writing, in speaking, and via electronic media.  Be able to work with data bases, able to do basic flyers and other written material
• Able to function as a trainer at an Organizer Institute and train organizing committee members
• Work with locals on National and District priority campaigns and help local organizers
• Travel to work locations away from home and work location by car and plane to locations as needed
• Computer skills that allow at least intermediate-level data management and communication

Job Specifications:

1. Wages: See Collective Bargaining Agreement.
2. Reports to the CWA Organizing Director or appropriate administrative staff
3. Other terms and conditions as per the Memorandum of Agreement.
4. This position will not be used to replace regular full time CWA Staff Representatives or District Organizing Coordinators, or in lieu of hiring regular full time staff for permanent positions/vacancies.

AFA-CWA is an equal opportunity employer, and, as such, does not discriminate an employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification protected from discrimination under applicable law.