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the Workers Justice Project (WJP) seeks Donor Relations Associate

Overview

Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) was founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that low-wage immigrant workers face in New York City by building collective power to win institutional change. WJP, a fiscally sponsored project of TSNE (tsne.org), runs two long-standing worker’s centers in Brooklyn. We promote justice and opportunity for low-wage immigrant workers in New York City by pushing for systematic enforcement and expansion of workplace protections, which include labor and occupational health and safety standards while advocating for industry-specific efforts to improve working conditions. WJP also offers skills-building training to workers in health & safety and industry-specific areas, and we educate immigrant communities about their rights in the workplace and how to exercise those rights.

Responsibilities

The Donor Relations Associate will play a key role in creating and fostering a culture of philanthropy within Worker’s Justice Project. They will report to the Director of Development and Programs and will support all aspects of development work including project managing special events, coordinating communications with donors, maintaining and managing the donor database, and providing administrative support to reach fundraising goals. They will be a key contributor in developing fundraising events and campaigns.

The Donor Relations Associate is required to occasionally work some early mornings, evenings and weekends. The work performed is deemed Essential. The Donor Relations Associate is responsible for ensuring that activities are conducted professionally, in a culturally sensitive manner, and in alignment with the organizational mission. Compliance with WJP, NY state and NY city COVID-19 safety protocols and requirements is mandatory.

Essential Job Functions

Donor Data Management and Fundraising

  • Works closely with the Development Director in developing fundraising events and donation campaigns;
  • Draft donor communications including acknowledgements, thank you letters, and other correspondence;
  • Generate mailing lists for year-end mailing, spring mailing, annual report mailings, and events;
  • Ensure donation receipts and thank you letters are sent promptly and according to policy;
  • Follow up on donor communications;
  • Provide administrative support to the Development Director.

Fundraising Operations

  • Maintain fundraising events calendar;
  • Maintain donors’ information in the database;
  • Generate reports to track trends and giving histories of members.

Event Coordination

  • Manage and coordinate logistics for in-person and online events;
  • Work collaboratively on events with staff to achieve event fundraising goals;
  • Coordinate and deliver donor-centered communications for events and appeals;
  • Draft and distribute electronic and hard copy acknowledgments and post-event thank yous;
  • Manage event invites, RSVP lists and ticket tables;.
  • Research and contact potential event sponsors.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below.

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least two years of development or related experience;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, customer service, project management, organizational skills and attention to detail;
  • The ability to establish positive relationships with a variety of people in multicultural environments;
  • A proven track record working on development events with diverse budgets;
  • Experience managing and tracking annual donor benefit fulfillment and a desire to create new mission-driven donor experiences;
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google;
  • Knowledge of customer relationship management systems (CRM);
  • Ability to meet deadlines and goals while working under pressure;
  • Willingness and ability to occasionally work extended hours, including evenings and weekends and travel throughout New York City;
  • Strong knowledge of Mailchimp and Canva, preferred.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those for this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Work is performed in an office environment and in close proximity to other workers.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:

  • Handle, or feel objects, tools or controls;
  • Reach; traverse; sit or stand (usually for longer periods of time); occasionally ascend/descend; and position self (to) move;
  • Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds;
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate;
  • Job is not subject to significant occupational or environmental hazards;
  • Likelihood of personal injury would be relatively slight;
  • Environmental and work hazards are not present to a measurable degree.
  • Able to work remotely for the day-to-day activities and travel throughout NYC, WJP locations, and surrounding areas, when needed.
  • Comfortable occasionally utilizing public transportation.

Compensation and Benefits

Location: Work will be hybrid. Remotely for the day-to-day activities and travel throughout NYC, WJP locations, and surrounding areas, when needed. This is a full-time (37.5 hours/week); non-exempt position. The position will require working some early mornings, evenings, and/or weekends as needed and will travel periodically once COVID-19 restricted are lifted.

Benefits: This position is eligible for a full benefits package including:

  • Generous Paid-Time-Off (PTO): 12 paid holidays, 3 weeks vacation, 1 week personal holiday, and sick time for full-time staff;
  • 80% Employer-paid, $0 deductible Health Insurance through Harvard Pilgrim;
  • Low-cost MetLife Dental and Vision;
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health and Dependent Care;
  • Employer-paid Life, Long- and Short-Term Disability Insurance;
  • Employer-paid Pension through TIAA;
  • …and more!

TSNE/WJP envisions a society grounded in the principles of social and economic justice. As such, we strive to achieve excellence through a diverse and inclusive workplace that honors the unique talents and lived experiences of each person. Our vision and values are reflected in all our employment-related decisions, including hiring practices. Accordingly, TSNE actively seeks people who bring diverse backgrounds and perspectives to join us in our work.

As an EOE/AA employer, TSNE/WJP will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, veteran or disability status or any other factor prohibited by law.  

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The NewsGuild of New York seeks a Contract Campaign Lead

Contract Campaign Lead 

The NewsGuild of New York, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and a dynamic, member-led union, seeks a highly experienced and motivated campaign lead to work on a strategic contract campaign.

The ideal candidate will have at least three years experience prepping and training workers to have hard one-on-one conversations to move their coworkers to escalating actions, up to and including supermajority strikes. The position will report to The NewsGuild of New York Field Director and be accountable to other staff on the campaign. You must be a self-starter with the ability to receive ongoing feedback and direction. This position requires long and varied hours, including some nights and weekends. The position is based in New York. Staff are currently working remotely due to the pandemic, but will eventually be expected to report to our office in midtown Manhattan.

Job qualifications:

  • Minimum three years experience running large campaigns against tough employers
  • Experience building robust Steward networks
  • Ability to do deep organizing with members, including regular one-on-ones, list work, role plays, and other skills building
  • Skilled in developing the organizing skills of worker leaders to plan escalating actions, training members in organizing conversations and running Contract Action Teams
  • Experience facing well-run consultant campaigns
  • Deep familiarity with private sector bargaining law and strategy
  • Ability to relate, establish and cultivate meaningful relationships with members and to mobilize them to act
  • Demonstrated success in providing direction and organizing training to member leaders
  • The ability to write organizing plans
  • Knowledge and experience using digital tools to organize workers across large distances

Responsibilities:

  • Ongoing coaching of member organizers who are doing the work of moving their coworkers to participate in the campaign and take collective action to win their contract
  • Help to plan, organize, provide guidance and help to coordinate multiple ongoing union committees, including leading, assigning, motivating and training members
  • Develop an escalating contract campaign culminating in a supermajority strike
  • Work with communications staff and consultants to support the messaging and communications plans for the campaign

Compensation:

Salary starts at $85,000, commensurate with experience. Union-represented position, covered by the Local Representatives Guild.

To apply, email chris@nyguild.org with the following four (4) separate documents:

  1. A cover letter that addresses how your experience and qualifications prepare you to hit the ground running
  2. Résumé including three references
  3. An example of an organizing plan, training, or campaign that you have run.
  4. Writing sample(s), other than organizing plan.

The NewsGuild of New York is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. Diversity in the workplace is to be valued and true collective strength for our members can only be achieved by including everyone. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. 

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NYC Comptroller’s Office seeks a Public Safety & Criminal Justice Organizer

Public Affairs Bureau Overview

The Bureau of Public Affairs is the principal liaison between the Comptroller’s office and the public, mayoral agencies, and federal, state and local authorities. The Bureau provides community organizing, outreach and event planning capacity for the Comptroller’s strategic initiatives, and manages the Community Action Center, which provides assistance to New Yorkers with complaints about inadequate and/or ineffective programs and services.

Public Affairs is responsible for creating participatory structures for aspects of the Comptroller’s work, in addition to collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to support advocacy and legislative campaigns aimed at winning change that matters to New Yorkers across a number of issues.

Job Description – Strategic Organizer for Community Safety & Restorative Justice

The Strategic Organizer for Community Safety & Restorative Justice will lead engagement between the Comptroller’s Office and  advocacy groups, issue-focused coalitions and campaigns, and various community stakeholders across the five boroughs on issues of safety & justice. This position will sit in the Public Affairs bureau and report to the Director of Organizing.

The successful candidate will collaborate with policy, communications and other internal teams, as well as external partners, to create and drive organizing strategies that harness the resources of the Comptroller’s office to provide leadership and/or support to change making, issue-focused campaigns. This will include leveraging the case-making capacity of empirical policy/budget/economic analyses produced by the office, as well as organizing and participating in direct actions with stakeholders. 

Core Duties:

  • Create and execute a comprehensive engagement plan to establish the Comptroller’s Office as a trusted partner on issues of safety & justice; including legislative and communications strategy (in collaboration with the broader Public Affairs, Policy & Communications teams).
  • Build & manage relationships with key external partners to identify opportunities to collaborate; including elected officials, community based organizations & advocacy groups.
  • Organize an ongoing series of public events to maintain collaborative dialogue with a wide array of stakeholders across the city on issues of safety & justice.
  • Identify issues and campaigns for the office to weigh in on; support communications team on rapid response & proactive messaging.

Who We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, analytical thinker and coalition builder with skills/experience in community organizing and prior experience with anti-violence, substance use prevention, mental health services, and/or restorative justice work. 

The following skills are preferred, though not required: Specialized knowledge and experience in legislative, public policy, or issue advocacy work experience in the broad spaces of public safety and restorative justice; strong relationships with advocacy organizations in those spaces; familiarity with City, State and Federal legislative processes.

What We Offer: 

  • Competitive salary, in addition to healthcare and benefits. Salary range: $65,000-80,000 annually
  • A supportive work environment, with attention to professional development and opportunities for growth.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We aim to build a diverse team of individuals committed to our goals. Women, people-of-color, people with disabilities, and individuals who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system or are formerly incarcerated are strongly encouraged to apply. All employment policies and processes are in accordance with federal, state and city laws.

To apply please email your resume and any supportive materials to rdacost@comptroller.nyc.gov and bguerre@comptroller.nyc.gov. 

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) seeks a Financial & Economic Analyst

Financial & Economic Analyst
Strategic Resources Department, IAMAW

Job Summary

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is a trade union representing 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airline, manufacturing, transportation, woodworking, health care, and other industries in North America.

The IAM Strategic Resources Department provides information and develops strategies for organizing, bargaining, public policy, and education at all levels of our union. We are seeking a Financial & Economic Analyst who can handle a wide range of responsibilities and work independently in a variety of situations.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Perform economic, financial, and labor cost analysis for contract negotiations
• Conduct research and advice on compensation and benefits, economic/industry trends, and public policy
• Prepare materials, reports, briefings, and presentations for organizing, bargaining, legislative activities, and government rulemaking
• Analyze detailed financial reports of employers going through changes in ownership, claiming financial distress or bankruptcy
• Provide support to union strategic planning efforts
• Present at a variety of IAM and other external conferences
• Develop curriculum working with IAM educational staff and teach at IAM education center
• Participate in collective bargaining negotiations
• Generate reports from proprietary and public databases
• Represent the IAM in coalitions with other unions and organizations
• Provide expert testimony
• Assist organizing, membership education, & mobilization
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in economics, finance, labor studies, business or other relevant field
• Minimum of 3 years prior experience in a relevant field
• Knowledge of key union activities such as collective bargaining and organizing (experience with collective bargaining, retirement, and health care benefit issues is highly preferred)
• Public speaking and/or teaching experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to use Microsoft Office software (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word)
• Ability to:
o Work in groups and independently
o Communicate complex issues clearly
o Meet tight deadlines
o Simultaneously work on multiple projects
o Perform well in stressful situations such as negotiations or organizing drives with hostile employers
o Work well with people with diverse backgrounds and opinions
o Be creative
o Learn new skills
• Travel is required in this position. Candidate must be available for out-of-town assignments.

Job is based at the IAM headquarters in Upper Marlboro, Maryland
(Washington, D.C. metropolitan area)

This is a bargaining unit position starting at $119,882 with expected step increases and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including employer paid family health care and defined benefit pension.

The IAM embraces diversity and equal opportunity. The more inclusive we are, the stronger the organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy and pregnancy related status, veteran status or disability.

All interested applicants should e-mail resumes and cover letters to dwhite@iamaw.org. Deadline is March 18, 2022.

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Directors Guild of America seeks a Contracts Coordinator

Through the collective voice of its 18,000 members, the Directors Guild of America works to establish, enhance, and protect its members’ economic and creative rights, and strengthen their ability to develop successful and meaningful careers. The DGA’s members include directors, unit production managers, assistant directors, associate directors, stage managers, and production associates who work in feature film, dramatic and non-dramatic television, commercials, and documentaries.

The Directors Guild of America is currently accepting applications for the position of Contracts Coordinator to work in its New York office. The Contracts Coordinator is responsible for administering the Guild’s agreements, which includes handling member inquiries, investigating contract violations and working with employer representatives to resolve them, and if necessary, pursuing violations through the contract grievance process. As part of the Guild’s contract negotiations team, the Contracts Coordinator supports the work of Guild Executives by analyzing research and participating in the economic analysis of contract concepts. This position will also play a key role in serving as representative for members working in commercial production.

Desired Qualifications:
We seek applicants with experience administering or reviewing contracts, preferably collective bargaining agreements. However, strong entry-level candidates with a commitment to working for unions will also be considered.

Driven and self-motivated; able to work independently as well as under supervised direction.

Highly organized and able to handle competing priorities and deadlines.

Ability to analyze information and frame issues.

Professional demeanor, ability to interface with Guild members and Employer labor relations representatives.

Excellent writing and oral communication skills.

Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Commitment to collective bargaining and union representation required.

A Bachelor’s degree is required.

The DGA is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We require that all of our employees be fully vaccinated and have received a booster for COVID-19. If you are applying for a position with the DGA, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination and booster as a condition of employment. If you have a qualifying medical condition that contraindicates the vaccination or object to being vaccinated on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs and practices, we will engage in an interactive dialogue with you to determine if a reasonable accommodation can be provided that does not create undue hardship to the DGA and/or does not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others in the workplace.

Contracts Coordinator
Directors Guild of America Inc – New York, NY

$60,000 – $75,000 a year

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR seeks Wage and Hour Investigator

US Department of Labor announces plans to hire 100 investigators to support its Wage and Hour Division’s compliance efforts

Division seeks to build out enforcement team nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Wage and Hour Division is seeking to add 100 investigators to its team to support its enforcement efforts including the protection of workers’ wages, migrant and seasonal workers, rights to family and medical leave and prevailing wage requirements for workers on federal contracts.

The Wage and Hour Division is one of the nation’s most essential labor law enforcement agencies, responsible for enforcing some of the most comprehensive labor laws affecting more than 148 million workers. The cornerstone of its enforcement team, investigators’ responsibilities include the following:

  • Conducting investigations to determine if employers are paying workers and affording them their rights as the law requires.
  • Helping ensure that law-abiding employers are not undercut by employers who violate the law.
  • Promoting compliance through outreach and public education initiatives.
  • Supporting efforts to combat worker retaliation and worker misclassification as independent contractors.

“Adding 100 investigators to our team is an important step in the right direction,” said Acting Wage and Hour Administrator Jessica Looman. “We anticipate significantly more hiring activity later in fiscal year 2022. While appropriations will determine our course of action, we are optimistic we will be able to bring new talented professionals onboard to expand our diverse team.”

In fiscal year 2021, the Wage and Hour Division collected $230 million in wages owed to 190,000 workers. Division representatives also conducted 4,700 outreach events to educate employers and workers alike about their workplace rights and responsibilities.

Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division.

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