rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/form/join-us-to-build-political-and-workplace-power?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-form-area-join-us-to-build-political-and-workplace-power' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Workers Vote https://actionnetwork.org/groups/workers-vote-2022 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/photos/000/520/991/normal/Screen_Shot_2022-08-08_at_3.16.24_PM.png For the 2020 presidential election over 1500 out-of-work UNITE HERE housekeepers, cooks, servers, and other hospitality and food service workers  knocked on the doors of three million voters in four battleground states, making a critical difference in the results. The organizing and leadership skills the workers gained through their time in the program prepared them to lead campaigns in their own workplaces and in their communities. UNITE HERE canvassers led the way into the field in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania and Georgia, proving it was possible to safely run a successful ground operation during a pandemic. Their leadership was vital to defeating Trump and securing a democratic majority in the Senate. Some of the UNITE HERE canvassers were survivors of COVID-19; many had lost friends and family to the virus. Others had lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Every single one of them had too much at stake in the election to sit it out. Every morning for weeks and months they donned PPE, walked miles in neighborhoods ignored by other canvasses and shared their powerful personal stories at the doors of voters like them. Allies from a variety of movements and organizations joined the workers’ canvasses in 2020 and together they delivered victory. The Organizer Training and canvassing program will include: Daily Door-to-door canvassing in working-class communities of color to get out the vote for progressive candidates and against Trump-aligned and white nationalist, homophobic and anti-choice candidates. “Classroom” training on Labor history, labor law, and the process for organizing workers. Presentations by movement leaders who have led workplace organizing campaigns, as well as other campaigns for social justice, with Q and A and discussion breakout groups Individual leadership and skill development plans for each participant with 1-1 mentorship throughout Regular Role play training on skills including story-telling, agitation around issues, inspiring folks to act, effective follow up, use of mobile technology and data, and communications Racial justice and solidarity training and workshops Street actions https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-us-to-build-political-and-workplace-power