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[Fwd: Job Opportunity: Please circulate] by chris chase-dunn 26 April 2002 16:56 UTC |
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Job Opportunity: Please circulate Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:24:43 -0400 From: larcom <larcom@bcpl.net> To: BLarcom@afsc.org >===== Original Message From <labor-alerts@afgj.org> (Labor Alerts) ===== >Labor Alerts (12,000 subscribers), a free service of: >Campaign for Labor Rights >Phone: 202-544-9355, fax: 202-544-9359 >Web site: <www.summersault.com/~agj/clr> >To subscribe contact labor-alerts-on@afgj.org ><><><><><> > >Posted April 18, 2002 > >**PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY** > >Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) seeks a National Coordinator to run its >national office in Washington D.C. > >For seven years, CLR has mobilized grassroots activists in solidarity with >international campaigns to end sweatshop abuses. CLR has been called the >"grassroots mobilizing department" of the US anti-sweatshop movement. >Coordinating with communities across the country as well as other national >and international labor rights groups, CLR attacks the root causes of >poverty, oppression, and economic disparity. We prioritize campaigns which >have the goal of worker empowerment through union recognition and >collectively bargained contracts, and we build campaign strategies in >collaboration with the workers whose livelihood and lives are at stake. CLR >promotes a broad understanding of sweatshops by locating them within the >current structure of neo-colonialism (corporate-centered globalization) and >related systems of oppression, and we promote resistance to these systems in >local communities. > >The National Coordinator will have a variety of responsibilities including: > >Program: >~ Work with staff to develop and coordinate outreach and education programs. >~ Work with staff to develop and facilitate CLR involvement in various >coalitions and networks. > >Personnel Coordination: >~ Coordinate CLR's small staff (3-4 people). >~ Coordinate Volunteer and Internship Programs. > >Administration: >~ Raise the annual budget by maintaining existing fundraising programs. >~ Facilitate CLR's administrative and financial relationship with the >Alliance for Global Justice (AGJ). >CLR is a member project of the AGJ. > >We are seeking a Coordinator committed to the mission of the organization >and to a collaborative work style. The Coordinator should have experience >in leading an organization through changing political, economic, and social >environments; strong public speaking and organizational, financial >management and personnel coordination skills; and an understanding of or >experience in labor organizing and the anti-sweatshop movement. Strong >preference for the ability to speak Spanish. > >CLR is an equal opportunity employer - women, people of color, and LGBTQ are >strongly encouraged to apply. Salary for the National Coordinator will be >in the middle 30's and is negotiable and will be based on experience. >Excellent benefits will be provided. The position is full-time with >flexible hours, and will sometimes require travel, night and weekend work. > >To apply: Please send your resume, cover letter, 3 references, and a 2-3 >page writing sample to: Campaign for Labor Rights, National Coordinator >Search Committee, 1247 E Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. > >Deadline: Rolling until the position is filled.
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