Lead Construction Organizer (Bilingual English​/Spanish

Lead Construction Organizer
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL)

Updated
- May, 2026

Actualizado
- Mayo, 2026

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL) is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate, and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities. We partner with other organizations and leaders to build a movement to win racial, gender, and economic justice. We identify the root causes of injustice and work to shift the balance of power between those who have it and those who don’t to improve the lives of our communities for present and future generations.

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This managerial position will focus on developing an organizing team that builds a base of workers and leads mini-campaigns with those who experience wage theft and other forms of exploitation, as part of a larger strategic campaign. This position also coordinates closely with the point people on the SPARC (Strategy, Policy, Allies, Research, Communications) team and helps develop coalition strategy to shape strategic priorities for base building.

Supervision of Unionized Staff:
The Lead will supervise and manage a team of three organizers employees who are covered under a union contract, ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreements and fostering effective labor relations.

• Coordinating and supporting outreach in order to find new workers at work and at their homes
• Set up 1-1 meetings with workers identified at work, and through other contacts
• Motivate and agitate workers to fight, develop worker leadership and to take ownership of the campaign fight
• Be persistent support organizing team for the outcome of successfully obtaining commitments from workers
• Get workers to take action including work stoppages/strikes, telling their stories and becoming spokespersons of the campaign and CTUL, sharing public testimony and bringing worker voice to the fight.
• Build CTUL’s membership and collect membership contributions

• Ability to identify new opportunities for campaign strategies and become a strategist within the organization
• Develop and implement training agendas
• Initiate new projects that you will work with your lead to coordinate
• Submit regular reports on progress toward team's goals
• Develop the leadership and supervise organizing staff
• Use existing structures and create new ones when necessary to identify progress and set achievable goals
• Lead regular team meetings to evaluate, offer and receive feedback and improve work
• Communicate and support high expectations of organizing from organizers, hold team and individuals accountable
• Work with team to develop meeting agendas and facilitate meetings to engage construction workers
• Work with members, organizers, and others in the organization to develop knowledge, tools, and campaign strategy
• Take a leadership role in carrying out campaign strategy, including but not limited to: developing relationships with organizational partners and allies, communicating with bosses, and leading direct actions
• Communicate organizational priorities and needs to construction organizing team
• Develop relationships with staff in other partner organizations to coordinate work and participate in organizing strong alliances
• Build relationships through 1-1 meetings with other staff
• Set team and individual goals, create and support organizers leadership within the campaign and organizing work.
• Ensure strong data practice and follow through on all organizational expectations of yourself and the team

• Perform tasks as part of the team that develop leadership with all workers in CTUL’s base
• Support other organizers when necessary for organizational goals
• Be part of raising money to support the organization
• Support communication by providing occasional, informal interpretation during staff meetings and internal meetings when needed.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support organizational goals and operational needs.

• Commitment to CTUL’s mission and vision
• Consist…