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The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is a labor union representing professional writers of television shows, movies, digital, TV and radio news programs and documentaries, and content for new media platforms. We keep the public informed and entertained!

Summary:
The WGAE Researcher is responsible for supporting WGAE efforts to organize potential and existing members by creating research reports, creating and helping maintain an organizing database, and working with staff and members to incorporate research into overall planning for contract campaigns, including worker mobilization, community engagement, recognition and campaign leverage strategies.

Core Responsibilities Include:

1. Plan, coordinate and conduct strategic research of employers to support organizing and collective bargaining, including data collection, analysis, and report writing
2. Ensure accurate and rigorous methodology for quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
3. Work with staff to Incorporate research into overall campaign planning, including worker mobilization, community engagement and campaign leverage strategies
4. Track and report on market and industry trends and economic indicators

Secondary Responsibilities Include:

1. Create and help maintain an organizing database
2. Participate in campaign field activities with unions, workers, and coalition partners

Job Qualifications Include:

• Excellent writing ability
• Familiarity with database coding and software
• Experience supporting research and campaign strategy and tactics development and implementation
• Passionate commitment to social, economic, and racial justice
• Effective time management skills, including prioritizing and managing multiple tasks, and demonstrated experience in personal work plans and goals
• Ability to communicate effectively across a wide variety of cultures and in politically sensitive environments
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and in a team setting
• Experience with union, political, civil rights or community organizing a plus
• Experience in or affinity for the media industry a plus

This position reports to the Director of Organizing.

To Apply:
Please submit a résumé, cover letter, and research writing sample to jmolito@wgaeast.org

Salary range is $71,000- $85,000 per staff CBA.

The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is a labor union representing professional writers of television shows, movies, digital, TV and radio news programs and documentaries, and content for new media platforms. We keep the public informed and entertained!

Summary:
The WGAE Lead Strategic Organizer is responsible for leading all stages of organizing workers to build collective power: Work with WGAE members and potential members to organize around workplace, media and entertainment industry issues including, but not limited to, contract negotiations/campaigns, industry wide union initiatives, trainings, greater equity and inclusion initiatives, lobbying efforts, member engagement and leadership development, and new organizing campaigns.

Duties may vary by campaign or industry, and may include but are not limited to the following:

Work Responsibilities:

• Extensive interaction with current membership and others to develop organizing committees and leads
• Develop and execute work plan that reflects campaign objectives
• Utilize information from and about workers, employers, economic/financial research on target or industry
• Win Union Elections and Leverage campaigns
• Win Contract Campaigns
• Leading other members staff
• Coordinating with existing workplace leaders on organizing plans
• Identifying and developing new workplace leaders to participate in organizing efforts
• Conduct job site/group meetings with members and potential members to discuss ongoing organizing efforts
• Communicate with members and potential members outside the workplace through meetings and phone calls
• Coordinate with members and potential members to gather information that is useful in identifying opportunities for membership growth and mobilization
• Ensure consistent communication with members through regular emails, phone calls, one-on-one and small group meetings, along with turn out for larger membership meetings
• Recruit, train and develop leaders, activists and committee members to become more involved in their union
• Regularly use a variety of computer based research tools and relevant office software required for conducting union business.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines and in a team environment
• Work long and irregular hours to meet campaign demands
• Additional tasks and job duties may be assigned at the discretion of management to assist with servicing and organizing all WGAE members and potential members

To Apply:
All interested applicants should send a résumé, cover letter, and references to: jmolito@wgaeast.org.

We strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Salary range is $89,085.31 – $95.935.45. Excellent benefits including but not limited to employer paid health insurance, defined benefit pension plan.