UNION ORGANIZER TRAINING

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute will be holding a 2-day organizer training in the Manchester, NH area. The training will be held at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO office located at 161 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett, NH.

The purpose of this training is to give activist members basic organizing skills. All affiliate unions are welcome to send members to this training.

If you are looking to train members to help work on your organizing campaigns here is your chance. At this training members will learn …

· One-on-one communication skills

· How to move workers to take action

· Leadership identification

· Basic elements of a union organizing campaign

The 2-day training will run from:

10:00am – 8:00pm Saturday, February 23, 2008

9am – 5:00pm Sunday, February 24, 2008

Contact Dennis LaBounty: labounty17@charter.net at the Vermont AFL-CIO for more information and a sponsorship form.