Labor Movement Internship Opportunities
AFSCME Alternative Spring Break
http://www.afscme.org/altbreaks/
Travel to an active union organizing campaign for 5 days of intensive training
and organizing. You\'ll learn the basics of union organizing in the classroom
and get hands on experience while talking with workers in their homes. Program
participants will be provided with lodging and transportation during the week
as well as a $125 stipend for food. Transportation to the program is the responsibility
of the participant. Application deadline February 1,2008.
AFL-CIO Union Summer
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/unionsummer/
Union Summer is a 10-week educational internship in which participants develop
skills useful for union organizing. Launched in 1996, Union Summer has graduated
nearly 3,000 activists, many of whom continue to work for social justice. Participants
will receive a stipend of $300 per week to cover meals and other incidental
expenses. Taxes will be deducted from the stipend. Each intern will be responsible
for getting to and from the orientation training. Housing and any local transportation
costs are covered by the program. Accommodations usually include college dorms,
hotels or hostels.
Student Action with Farmworkers Sowing Seeds
for Change
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/saf/students/ssc/index.htm
The SSC Fellowship Program is an expansion of SAP\'s work in the Carolinas. It
is a summer leadership development program for students in TN, VA, PA and NY.
SAF trains these bilingual students and prepares them to work with farmworker
organizations in their home states. Fellows work towards improvements in farmworkers\'
lives and working conditions through legal services, health education, and community
& labor organizing.
Student Action with Farmworkers In These Fields
Internship
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/saf/students/itf/index.htm
Into the Fields (ITF) is a ten-week summer internship and leadership development
program that creates opportunities for college students to work for fairness
in our agricultural industries. Through the Into the Fields Program, college
students from diverse backgrounds work full-time with farmworkers to promote
greater respect and justice for the people who supply food for our tables. SAF
Interns provide health education to farmworkers, promote workplace safety and
pesticide education, teach English as a Second Language, educate farmworkers
about their legal rights, and organize workers into labor unions. By fulfilling
Into the Fields expectations, Interns receive on-going training, furnished housing,
a per diem of $ 1,200, a post-service scholarship of $1,500, as well as possible
academic credit. SAF also covers travel expenses to NC for students from farmworker
families.
New York Union Semester
http://www.unionsemester.org/
New York Union Semester is an innovative program, providing the opportunity
to learn about organized labor in a challenging environment both inside and
outside the classroom. As interns, students learn the inner workings of organized
labor while they make a contribution to the important work unions do. In the
classroom, students analyze the experience they are gaining in the field, by
studying the U.S. Labor Movement past and present. Students will earn 16 undergraduate
credits OR 12 graduate credits and a Certificate in Labor Studies from the School
of Professional Studies at the City University of New York.
AFT Internship
http://www.aft.org/about/iobs/intern.htm
Interns at the AFT provide research support on worker and professional issues
for the different constituencies of the AFT (teachers, school and university
employees, state and local government employees, nurses and health professionals).
Interns must be able to work independently on one or two long-term research
assignments as well as assist with short-term projects as the need arises. The
internship is a paid position (ranging from $280/week to $325/week depending
on level of education). AFT does not provide housing or transportation for out-of-town
students.