Rank & File Organizer

Southern Workers Assembly

Rank & File Organizer

Must be located in the U.S. South
(preferably NC, SC, GA, AL)

Organization: Southern Workers Assembly
Position: Organizer
Location: Must be located in the U.S. South (preferably NC, SC, GA, AL)
Desired Start Date: August 24, 2026
Compensation: $60,000 – 65,000, based on experience, with generous health, dental, vision insurance benefits
Status: Full-time
Position Type: Regular
Application deadline: Applications accepted until positions are filled.
Position open until filled.

About Southern Workers Assembly
The Southern Workers Assembly is a network of local unions, worker organizations, and organizing committees, committed to building rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism as a foundation for organizing, uniting and transforming labor power throughout the South. The Workers Assembly is a strategy to educate, organize and mobilize a broad social workers’ movement in the fight for power by: First, helping the most militant worker/organizers form committees in major non-union workplaces. Second, by linking together such committees into action networks (Worker Assemblies by regions, sectors or corporate ownership) capable of leading public collective action in support of immediate wage and benefit gains. Third, by encouraging new and existing unions to fully engage in major non-union workplaces regardless of NLRB election prospects.

Summary
The Southern Workers Assembly is looking for a highly motivated person with workplace organizing experience and a deep commitment to social justice for an organizing staff position. This staff position will support the Southern Workers Assembly’s Rank & File Program, an initiative to recruit workers to get jobs in strategic sectors in the South to organize. The Organizer will be responsible for lead followup and recruitment, job placement, working with worker cadre to support committee and network building efforts in strategic facilities, organizing trainings, and identifying other opportunities for recruitment and coordinated work with other organizations. The organizer will work at the direction set by the Organizing Coordinator and will occasionally relate to other areas of SWA programmatic work and other directives set by the Coordinating Committee.

Responsibilities

• Outreach and recruitment of worker cadre to get jobs in strategic workplaces across the U.S. South
• Support worker recruits through the job application process to target plants
• Identify new local and regional pipelines of recruitment, including but not limited to community college outreach plans, faith community outreach, unions and union members social networks, and more
• Identify opportunities for events in key cities to drive up recruitment efforts
• Support the development of organizational infrastructure to connect committee building efforts across the region together
• Plan and organize trainings across the region every 2 - 3 months
• Additional assignments as needed

Requirements

• Deep commitment to workplace and social justice organizing
• Demonstrated knowledge of movements in the South
• At least three years experience with cadre building workplace organizing, rank and file activism, community organizing and/or coalition building
• Proficient in database management, social media, and other communications related work
• Ability to travel including current drivers license and working automobile - Please note that this position will require extensive driving and travel.
• Ability to work long and irregular hours, including frequent evenings and weekends
• Live in or be willing to relocate to the U.S. South
• Ability to speak Spanish is a plus but not required

Supervision

• Supervised by Organizing Coordinator

To Apply
Send the following to [email protected] :

• résumé,
• a cover letter, and
• three references

SWA is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities to apply. SWA is a project of the Southern Vision Alliance. All employees are legally employed by the Southern Vision Alliance.

SVA is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions and treatment against employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, and/or past incarceration.

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