[Antiracism] Food for Thought Books is hiring

[earthur at mutualaid.org]

Dear friends,
If you haven't heard already, Food for Thought Books is hiring. Below is
our "official" hiring letter. If you need more info about us or the
position, please don't hesitate to contact us at the email address or
phone number below.
In solidarity,
Erika Arthur

Greetings,

Food For Thought Books is currently looking to fill a position in our
collective. We are sending this letter out to organizations and community
members we believe share our political orientations and values in the
hopes that you might help us spread the word.
Here’s what we’re looking for:

The requirements:

•	A minimum time commitment of 2 years.
•	Weekend flexibility.
•	Enjoys working and engaging with the public. This is largely a retail
job. Large amounts of your time will be spent helping customers find and
purchase books. We are especially interested in finding an individual
experienced in organizing community-oriented political and educational
events, such as book signings, lectures and arts/cultural events.
•	General knowledge of and commitment to the political ideals we seek to
promote.

The following are all pluses, but are neither expected nor required:

•	Bookstore experience
•	Past participation in a workers’ collective
•	Website design and maintenance experience
•	Gift and/or sidelines buying experience (cards, postcards, blank
journals, bumperstickers, buttons, posters, etc.)
•	Knowledge of budgets, interest in financial management
•	Knowledge of contemporary progressive children’s literature

This position is full time. We are all paid on the same scale: the annual
full-time salary is $36K. We do not profit share. Any profits made above
that of our salaries and expenses go into the further development of our
projects and toward donations to local non-profit groups. Benefits include
health insurance, 4 weeks of paid vacation a year, sick leave, maternity
leave, funeral leave, and lots of cheap and free books.

Due to the nature of a worker-owned organization, where all members are
full owners of the business as well as workers, hiring a new member is a
big commitment for all parties involved. As such, our hiring process
includes a trial period of six months in which we try to determine whether
the arrangement is a good fit for everyone involved. After successfully
completing this trial period, the new hire is offered full collective
membership. During the trial period the new hire is still paid the same
rate and receives the same benefits as the rest of the collective.

As we are committed to providing a venue for a diversity of voices to be
heard, we wish also for our collective to represent such diversity as much
as it can. We will therefore follow the general principles of affirmative
action in our hiring process. Women, people of color, GLBT/queer folks,
and members of other underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged
to apply.

We will be accepting resumes until June 15, 2007. Interviews will be
conducted during the first two weeks of July. Resumes can be mailed,
dropped off in person, or emailed to info at foodforthoughtbooks.com.

Food for Thought Books
106 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA  01060
www.foodforthoughtbooks.com
(413) 253-5432