| BIGGER LABOR A Crash Course for Construction Union Organizers by BOB OEDY |
What’s inside the book? TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction My Introduction to the Union Getting Involved With the Union Chapter One: Where We Are “Just Don’t Do Anything" “Let’s Not Do Anything for 30 Days and See What Happens” Chapter Two: Bottom-Up Organizing Faster Results Bottom-Up Organizing Done Right Build a Database/Mailing List List Workers List Employers Follow up With Contacts Update Your List Help Everyone Return Every Call Jobsite Visits Have a Plan Your Personal Style To Check-in or Not to Check-in Labor Cops What to Bring With You Take Me to the Top Make House Calls Do Not Intimidate House Calls are Best Done During the Daylight Hours Leave if Asked to Leave The Good The Bad The Worst Organizing With Student Interns Start a Volunteer Organizing Committee Mission Statement Planning the First Meeting The First Meeting Promote the Volunteer Organizing Committee Other Options Chapter Three: Turn Up the Pressure Exposing Crooked Contractors The Secret Weapon of Union Organizing Step One: Gather Licensing Information Step Two: Gather Basic Information Step Three: Gather Detailed Information Step Four: Research Key Decision Makers Step Five: Identify Key Projects How to Properly Contest a Job Bid Settling Prevailing Wage Claims Leaflets That Get Read Liability The Headline How to Write a Great Headline The Description Photograph or Picture What’s the Ask? Leafleting Like a Pro 10 Tips for Better Bannering How to Make the Perfect Banner Frame Chapter Four: Exposing Crooked Contractors A Case Study in Crooked Contractors Identifying Contractors Hiring Through Employment Newspapers Employer of the Year Salting Paperwork Things to Remember When Picketing Before During Afterword Chapter Five: Communications Methods Follow Up Letters That Work E-Mail Basics Time Management Appointments With Candidates Candidate Information Form Hold Your Calls Listen, Then Listen More During Interviews On Jobsites Public Hearings Chapter Six: Where We Want to Be Project Labor Agreements Every Hour of Work Counts Partnering With Community Groups Green Construction Organizing Workforce Diversity Safety Language Encouraging Union Contractors to Bid Work Conclusion Chapter Seven: Using Computers to Organize Web Tools for Organizing Google Alerts Limitations of Google Alerts Internet Phone Directory Limitations of Internet Phone Directories Using Social Networking Services for Union Organizing List of Helpful Websites for Union Organizers Must Have Software: Microsoft Streets and Trips With GPS Locator Technology and the Future of Union Organizing Avoid Relying too Much on Computers to Organize Chapter Eight: Aim for the Top: Top-Down Organizing Why You Should Focus on Top-Down Organizing Jobs Equal Employment Cold Calling Nonunion Contractors Invitation to the Training Center Summary Chapter Nine: Conclusion Appendix A: Five Books Every Union Organizer Should Own Appendix B: Organizing Terms and Initials |
"While there are many books available in union organizing, none directly spoke to organizers in the construction trade or were written by a union organizer. Until now." read more Building Trades News More From Bob 3 Phone Call Exercises For Union Organizers Take This Organizing Quiz Believe It Or Not You Are One Phone Call Away From Signing A Major Contractor |
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