[RAICES] Fwd: Info Session 2/10: AFL-CIO Jobs & Paid Internships Fighting for Social Just

[prachee sinha]

>From: Sonny Suchdev <ssuchdev at educ.umass.edu>
>To: AAGSA <asam-umass at yahoogroups.com>
>CC: AAPA <aapainfolist at yahoogroups.com>, Social Justice Education 
><socjus-teach at educ.umass.edu>, Cristal <CaribbeanCris at yahoo.com>, Prachee 
>Sinha <prachee_sinha at hotmail.com>, Annie Tummino <tummino1 at yahoo.com>, 
>Albert Turner <alberturiah at aol.com>, Ratdavone Yotharath 
><ryothara at student.umass.edu>, Pari Zutshi <phz98 at hampshire.edu>
>Subject: Info Session 2/10: AFL-CIO Jobs & Paid Internships Fighting for 
>Social Justice
>Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:10:02 -0500
>
>please spread the word to your students, friends, etc....
>***********************************************************************
>
>  Are you interested in a career working for Social Justice?
>
>The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute are on the UMass Amherst campus looking 
>for
>motivated students with a passion for fighting for civil and economic 
>rights,
>is that you?  If it is please come to our information session on Monday 
>(Feb
>10th) at 12:15PM in the Labor Center Library (!st floor of Draper Hall, 
>near
>the campus center) to find out how you can fight for social justice through
>union organizing.  A union organizer will talk about the paid job training 
>and
>placement program, paid internship opportunities and what organizing work 
>is
>like.  If you are unable to come to this information session or to find out
>more contact Pilar Schiavo at 888-732-6226 or 
>pilarorganize at planet-save.com.
>Students of color, bilingual students and women are encouraged to apply!
>
>This is how the programs work:
>
>The Organizing Institute starts with a 3-day intensive classroom training 
>that
>uses case scenarios, role-plays, and discussion to teach folks what it is 
>like
>to be a union organizer, how campaigns are run, and why unions are so 
>important
>to workers.  We have a 3-day training coming up in the Northeast that we 
>want
>people to be able to attend.
>
>Then, Organizing Institute trainees are placed into a 2-week orientation to
>field training with a union that leads to a 3-month apprenticeship and 
>eventual
>job placement.  During the field training, students are paid $450/week plus
>housing and transportation costs and full health benefits.  Graduates of 
>our
>program have a 98% placement rate in jobs as union organizers.  Starting 
>salary
>for organizers is between $28,000-36,000 a year depending on the union and
>location.
>
>The second program is called Union Summer.  It is geared towards junior and
>senior level students not yet graduating but looking to get experience 
>doing
>social justice work.  It is a 5-week hands-on internship during the summer
>where we take students from across the country and we put you in different
>cities to work on organizing campaigns with unions.  They will be paid a
>stipend of $300/ week with on-site housing and transportation costs 
>covered.
>
>  If you would like to find out more about these opportunities in the labor
>movement contact Pilar Schiavo at:
>  Email: pilarorganize at planet-save.com
>  Pager/voicemail: 888-732-6226
>
>  For more information on the Organizing Institute or Union Summer you can 
>go
>to:
>  www.organize.aflcio.org
>  www.unionsummer.aflcio.org
>
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>----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
>--
>Sonny Suchdev
>Master's Student
>Social Justice Education Program
>University of Massachusetts, Amherst
>
>Community Development and Programs Coordinator
>Office of ALANA Affairs, UMass-Amherst
>(413) 545-2149
>
>




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