Looking for a summer job?
This year PGCEA is hiring 25 Unit 1 leaders to educate and organize our members over the Union Summer Program!
Folks who are hired will be trained on the basics of power and organizing - how to effectively communicate and mobilize their peers to win and implement a meaningful contract.
PGCEA is looking to hire folks who are:
- Passionate about improving the working conditions and wages of all educators across the county
- Committed to improving the learning conditions of all students of across the county
- Unafraid to have challenging, bold, values-based conversations with fellow educators over the phone and in person
- Unafraid to make direct propositions to their peers in how to get involved more deeply to win real contract improvements
- Excited to recruit newly hired educators to build greater union power and solidarity
- Willing and able to use technology to record data, and work as a team to do follow-up digital and in person target mobilizations
Details About the Position...
- Must be available to work up to 20 hours per week for July and August.
- Must have a personal laptop and phone they are willing to use for organizing purposes.
- Hired members will receive pay of $15/hour, plus phone use and mileage transportation stipends.
- This year’s organizing program is mostly virtual, but occasionally there will be socially distant, in-person group trainings and school worksite visits taking place. For all in-person events, hires will be required to wear face masks and abide by PGCEA’s Covid-19 safety protocols.
- The program officially begins Wednesday July 6 and ends August 26, with flexible hours and accommodating of necessary vacation time to recharge.