Martin Luther King County Labor CouncilLabor Union Organizer and political engagement assistant
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016Seattle, WA• Attended administrative meetings with the director of the MLKCLC such as: Shared prosperity Coalition Meeting, Economic Policy, Mobilization Meeting, Sound Transit 3, Raise up Washington Initiative 1433 Steering Committee, Seattle Police Department Labor-Job Partnership and community policing meeting, Yes on Homes Affordable Housing Levy, and Secure Scheduling Steering Committee • Organized a Day of Action; Yes on Homes Canvassing Event with the Washington Bus Fellows, Washington Yell, OPEIU Local 8, and the MLKCLC ; produced event marketing materials • Campaign Organizing o Signature gathering
o Canvassing
o Voter registration
o Phone banking
o Informative picketing o Postcard rally
o Organized community gatherings
o Social Media Outreach • Assisted and educated new union members through the bargaining proposal process
• Participated in Labor Neighbor campaigning event, DariGold informational Pickett, Unite Here’s Hotel Housekeepers (Initiative 124) Home Visits, • Attended and participated in Public Comment in several City Council Hearings on secure scheduling and Initiative 124
• Attended the Washington State Labor Council Constitutional Convention o Participated in some proposed solutions
o Attended racial and social justice workshops • Studied the solidarity actions model • Studied the history of the Labor Union Movement in depth • Created a sample “action” to address a widespread issue; institutional racism • Organized attendance to a Diversity Modernization Committee meeting amongst Union Summer Interns and Diversity Committee e-board.