Institute for Organizing Unions

12/29/2021

11/24/2021

(Reuters) -Kellogg Co said on Tuesday it plans to hire permanent replacements for some of its U.S. breakfast cereal plant workers who are on strike, after lengthy negotiations with the union again fell apart. The workers went on strike on Oct. 5 after their contracts expired the previous day, as neg...

11/16/2021

Get to know our IOU certified trainers!

Alex Riccio is a staff organizer with the Philadelphia Joint Board of Workers United. He has previously worked as an organizer for a local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, and the United Steelworkers. He believes, in the words of Stan Weir, that an organizer should not “let people feel that their job is to sit back and admire someone else.”

Kataryna Restrepo is a staff organizer with the Philadelphia Joint Board of Workers United. Formerly involved in USAS and with upstate NY farmworker justice movements, she is excited to organize workers in the greater Philadelphia region.

Liz Medina is the Executive Director of the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. She has been working since the age of 14 and has over six years of experience with labor unions. She believes in class struggle unionism and that all workers can and should be organized!

Since July, the IOU has held multiple workshops on union organizing and has trained workers in food service, manufacturing, warehouses, libraries, and non-profits on how to form a union in their workplaces.

We provide these workshops for no cost, and you can sign up for an in-person or online training at the website.
organizinginstitute.net/trainers

Connect with one of our trainers to learn best practices for organizing.

10/14/2021

The red paper is especially subtle.

09/17/2021

Our union library is off to a good start! Which books are missing for an essential union reading list?

09/15/2021

Since July ‘21, the IOU has held 6 workshops training 20 workers on organizing. Now multiple union campaigns are in the early stages of organizing initiated by these trained workers!

Our workshops are open to all workers and cost free. They occur on a rolling basis, so register today!

The IOU hosts organizing trainings for workers looking to form a union.We also offer programs for existing union members who want to deepen their labor organizing skills.If you work or live in the Greater Philadelphia area and are vaccinated you are invited to attend one of these trainings.There is....