Internship with Hotel Workers Union

Boycott and Community Organizer with Hotel Workers Union

UNITE HERE Local 8 represents about 5,000 workers in the hospitality industries of Oregon & Washington State. Local 8 members work in hotels, restaurants, food service, and airport concessions. They include room cleaners, cooks, bartenders, bellmen, food and beverage servers, bussers, and dishwashers.

Local 8′s parent union, UNITE HERE, represents hotel, food service, and gaming workers throughout the US and Canada. UNITE HERE boasts a diverse membership, comprising workers from many immigrant communities as well as high percentages of African-American, Latino, and Asian-American workers. The majority of UNITE HERE members are women. Through organizing, UNITE HERE members are aiming to transform thousands of traditionally low-wage jobs into good, family-sustaining, middle class jobs.

Local 8′s internship program strives to link up the workers’ rights movement with the student movement, the LGBTQ movement, the immigrants’ rights movement and all other movements that struggle and work for social justice.

Students will be trained in the basics of worker organizing, corporate research, and running an effective consumer boycott.

Hours and schedules are flexible, though we ask for a minimum of 3-5 hours per week.

If interested, please call Eunice at 206-305-0561.

work description

Students will get hands on experience doing community outreach through phone calls and meetings, corporate research strategies using internet and other public sources, and some street actions and protests. This is an unpaid position.

We have a vibrant team of interns and volunteers, and are always trading thoughts and ideas!

Students are led by one or more staff people, and get regular one-on-one attention to focus on training and development.

supervisor
Eunice How
eunice@unitehere8.org
(206) 305-0561

location

Seattle Labor Temple
2800 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98121


skills needed

· Willingness to try new things is vital
· Attention to detail is important
· Passion, dedication, and discipline are strongly desired
· Computer skills (basic internet, typing, spreadsheets) are helpful but not required
· Fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese or Spanish is helpful but not required