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What is Union Summer?

Union Summer is an educational internship in which participants are introduced to the labor movement through union organizing campaigns. It will begin with a weeklong orientation and training, which will be held June 17-21. After the orientation, interns will work in teams on union organizing campaigns across the country. Interns will play an important role in helping build support for workers trying to gain a voice in their workplaces and in their communities.

The work interns will be doing could include:

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Internship Requirements

Union Summer interns should be dedicated to social and economic justice and have a specific desire to learn about the labor movement. It is NOT necessary to have union experience or knowledge of the labor movement to be accepted as a Union Summer intern, but such a background is a plus in the application process.

Union Summer interns must be:

  • Flexible,
  • Adaptable in the face of new challenges and experiences,
  • Able to work in teams and have excellent communications skills,
  • Open to working with people of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions and sexual orientations,
  • Willing to immerse themselves in an intensive, learning-by-doing experience, and
  • Able to work sometimes long and irregular hours.

A sense of humor is also a definite asset.

APPLICATION

Application deadline is April 30.

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Interns will receive a stipend of $350 per week, minus taxes. Union Summer does not provide a housing allowance. Accepted applicants must have housing in cities where Union Summer sites have been designated, which are:

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Austin, TX
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Mobile, AL
  • Portland, OR
  • Washington, DC

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