Paid Internship - Workers' Rights Manual Project

The Labor Education and  Research Center (SSCC – GT campus) is looking for a number of interns (for pay or credit) for our Workers’ Rights Manual Project. A description is below and also attached as a PDF for easy printing.

This is a great opportunity for students with an interest in workplace rights to be part of a project with broad community support and gain valuable skills and experience. If you have any questions about the project or the internship, please don’t hesitate to contact Kia Sanger, our project manager: kia.sanger@seattleschools.edu

 

Thank you,
Sarah Laslett, Director

Washington State Labor Education and Research Center

South Seattle Community College

206-934-6859

sarah.laslett@seattlecolleges.edu

http://georgetown.southseattle.edu/LERC/

Workers’ Rights Manual Project Internship
The Washington State Labor Education and Research Center at South Seattle Community College is seeking a number of interns for our Washington Workers’ Rights Manual Project. As part of this exciting project you will: strengthen your research and writing skills, learn about workers’ rights, and gain insight into how labor unions and community-based organizations do their work as part of the labor movement. Bilingual applicants, particularly Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali or Amharic speakers, are encouraged to apply.

The Labor Center works with unions and community-based organizations throughout Washington State to provide trainings and classes for and about working people. Our mission is to collaborate with unions and community members in designing programs that will help them develop the skills, confidence, and knowledge to become more effective leaders, staff, and rank-and-file activists. The year-long Workers’ Rights Manual project consists of updating and distributing a workers’ rights manual that covers federal, state and local laws and also includes a significant list of community and legal resources. This work will be done in collaboration with a broad base of labor unions, community organizations, worker and immigrant rights advocates, and K-12 teachers and community colleges. The Fetzer Institute is providing funding for this project.

Intern candidates should have an interest in workers’ rights, the labor movement and law. Responsibilities could include:

-          Researching laws that affect workers in Washington State and translating them into plain language
-          Researching community and legal resources
-          Attending occasional meetings with community leaders and labor union activists
-          Helping to design and create online and print resources such as brochures, fact sheets or videos
-          Assisting in the development and implementation of a training curriculum for community leaders, teachers and labor union leaders to teach the manual
Internships are open to all college students and graduates. The time commitment is flexible and together we can work out a schedule that meets both your needs and ours but should be the equivalent of 10-15 hours per week for 3-4 months starting as soon as May 2013. The internship will be compensated with a stipend of $2000.

 

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis with an initial review of applicants on April 15^th.           
To apply please send a cover letter and resume to WRM Project Manager Kia Sanger at kia.sanger@seattlecolleges.edu

For more information on the manual and The Washington State Labor Education and Research Center please see our website: http://georgetown.southseattle.edu/lerc/workersrightsmanual.aspx