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The problem with 1199's 'Advice to Rookie Organizers'
Driedger, Nick
http://organizing.work/2020/12/the-problem-with-1199s-advice-to-rookie-organizers/Date Written: 2020-12-21 Publisher: Organizing Work Year Published: 2020 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24215 One of the most widely-circulated statements on organizing is SEIU 1199’s “Advice to rookie organizers,” popularized most recently by Jane McAlevey but originally drafted in 1985 at an SEIU organizing conference. It’s good advice — it’s actually excellent advice for the most part — and I think anyone who takes a hard look at almost any organizing can spot where things went right by how closely it followed this advice and where things went wrong by where it deviated from it. Subject Headings |