How many elections did you win? What was the vote count? How many new members were brought in? What was the percentage of representation cards signed? These are the numbers that will tell you how things are going. Financial leaders on television are always rattling-off numbers. They know exactly what’s going on because they make a study of it. Business measures success by profit. Companies don’t wait until the end of the year to take measurement and neither should unions. Shareholders demand information quarterly. Three months is usually enough time to know if you’re headed toward success or into the weeds. Adopt the mentality that business shares. Change course when needed. Be prepared to report the numbers to members and your supervisor when asked.
Launch Post
This is a blog for career-minded union organizers. It’s for those who seek innovative techniques to attract new union members and gain market share. You want to challenge the status quo. The way things have been done traditionally hasn’t always worked. Here’s an invitation to join a community of union organizers focused on mastery. Learn how to push back against the negativity employers often embrace. Recruit on a larger scale. Get inspired to try new approaches. Balance your career and family life. Take back your industry and create more powerful unions. Together we’ll share our ideas and strategies, hash-out what works from what doesn’t. You will learn to avoid burn-out and survive the gauntlet of local union politics. You will become an indispensable union organizing expert in the process. Any organization lucky enough to hire you will recognize your contribution. Leave the industry on your own terms. Be proud of the work you accomplish. These are some of the things that are important to union organizers. This blog will address these issues as well as entertain.
