Local Union Organizing Plans

Education Minnesota has put together some great materials that show how they put together their member engagement plan. It starts with this document on the Components of a Member Engagement Plan that helps set up what an affiliate should think about. Then you can review their Sample Member Engagement Plan. 

Finally, check out these additional materials, which includes talking points, sample conversations, meeting agendas and info about potential grants.

AFT Oregon launched a Member Organizing Program to provide critical experiential training opportunities for Local Leaders in organizing and a means to get more members out in the field doing organizing work. Here are the details of their program and materials to help you get started.

First, you can view the initial Proposal laying out the vision of the program as well as the Program Overview once implemented. Here is the announcement that was sent to local leaders about the program. 

A Local interested in applying would fill out the attached Local Application form. The Local can then send out a

CFT has a ton of materials to help Locals plan their campaigns, their leadership structures, campaigns, trainings and more. Here is a selection of what they have:

1. Exec Council Annual Planning Agenda to help set up plans for the year.

2. Here are planning materials on how to build a supermajority, as well as accompanying worksheets and checklist. Also, here is a Planning worksheet which includes a local assessment and a Vital Signs Indicators sheet.

3. Training opportunities offered in 2017 and Spring 2018 as well as a description of their 4 part training program for new site reps.

4. Here is a

A SWOT analysis is a process for strategy clarification and stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. 

AFT Michigan has put together a Union Building Workbook that includes a fundamental skills assessment tool, essential union capacities assessment tool, and individual and local planning worksheets. 

To review the 'Four Pillars', click here.

Organizers at Rutgers describe their campaign and share their ideas and materials.

Click here for a strategy memo and materials used in a workl-site based organizing blitz in Orange County, Florida.

In the District of Columbia,the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) has made a priority of bringing fair-share payers into full membership. They incorporated these efforts into nearly every thing they do. What does that look like?In the District of Columbia,the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) has made a priority of bringing fair-share payers into full membership. They incorporated these efforts into nearly every thing they do. What does that look like?

They developed a brochure to hand to all new members and potential members, as a way of helping new and potential members understand what their union is about, and as an ice-breaker for workplace conversations among building reps and potential members.

As a provider of high quality professional development, WTU publicized to that professional development sessions were available to all, but were significantly discounted for full-members. They built social events around signing up fair-share payers. And they held member appreciation nights, in which full-dues member received discounts to sporting events.

To support these efforts, all WTU staff were trained in outreach efforts to fair-share payers. The trainings put special focus on listening to the concerns of fair-share payers, connecting those concerns to the priorities of WTU, and moving fair-share payers to take action.