Member Organizer Trainings Making a Difference
After nearly winning union representation last year, a group of member organizers at the Detroit Medical Center is ready to win in 2010. Members who recently attended the National Organizing Conference in D.C. are bringing home the tools they learned and gearing up for victory. “The training was intense, the days were long, and the message was inspirational and now I have the knowledge, tools, and support that I need to organize new members”, said Shaji Thomas, a member organizer at DMC.
Like the national conference, Member Organizer Boot Camps will give workers the tools they need to gain a voice in their workplace. “The bosses are trained on how to keep the union out, now we’re getting the training to get the union in,” said Shaji. “I would say to other members that want to organize, let us help you do it and lets win together”.