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L.O.T.S. is a new, in-depth, and rigorous training program, located in New York City, for a select number of highly motivated and talented candidates interested in making a career for themselves in the labor movement.L.O.T.S. is part of a long-term, strategic, multi-union organizing project run by the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO (NYHTC), with its affiliated unions: UNITE HERE Local 6, OPEIU Local 153, SEIU Local 56, IUOE Local 94, IBEW Local 3, IUPAT Local 1422, Hotel Maintenance Union Local 1, and USWA Local 43. NYHTC represents approximately 26,000 members in total, and is the strongest union, with the best contract, for hotel workers in North America.This program combines a comprehensive course of formal classroom training on all aspects of union organizing, and a hands-on field assignment in which the student will work side-by-side with hotel employees who are trying to unionize their workplace.Experienced organizers, who have directed successful and innovative drives in a variety of industries, will provide instruction.Because of the incredible diversity and size of its service-sector workforce, the New York City hotel industry is an ideal training ground for organizers.The L.O.T.S. program has three phases.Phases I and IIPhases I and II consist of a 6-week basic level training course focusing on the fundamentals of union power and strategy, the target industry (New York City hotels), and union organizing in general.At the end of Phase I (3 weeks), each student will be evaluated, and those who qualify will be asked to continue on to Phase II of the program. All those students who successfully complete Phase I will receive a certification for the basic level course.Each student will be evaluated again at the end of Phase II (3 weeks), and those who qualify will be invited to enter Phase III of the program.Phase IIIPhase III is a 12-month advanced immersion organizing course consisting of continued classroom instruction, one-on-one mentoring by an experienced organizer, and most importantly, intensive field work in the hotel industry. Students will be guided by some of the most successful union organizers in the country, including current union presidents and elected union officials from different local and international unions. During this phase, the student will have the opportunity to play a leadership role in one or more active organizing drives. The students will be given increasingly greater responsibilities and will hone their organizing skills during this phase.The L.O.T.S. program will certify those students who successfully complete Phase III as qualified Organizers or Lead Organizers, and will assist in placing them with a union’s organizing program.The L.O.T.S. program will provide assistance to students to help them meet their living expenses during their enrollment in the program.myspace layouts for Get this layout for your myspace page.
