A Meditation for the Movement
Reflect on what, or who you give the best parts of yourself to, and why you don’t give them to yourself. Our energy and focus is currency. Save some of you for yourself.
Advice for abortion advocates: the time to do a digital security check-up is now
Living in fear shouldn’t be part of the experience of working in our movement. You can help protect your employees (and your organization) by providing password manager accounts and training; enforcing 2FA and providing free second factor hardware tokens; giving every staff member access to data removal subscriptions; providing holistic security stipends; and creating proactive policies to assist any employee experiencing online harassment.
Fight Like Hell: An Interview with Labor Writer Kim Kelly
There has been a lot of fully justified anger at a system that viciously exploits and devalues the most marginalized, and the past several years have seen many workers start to reevaluate their relationship with work, and to rethink the value of their labor—and their lives.
Ask a Union Organizer: How do we introduce unionizing plans to new hires?
It’s more complicated than an “us” vs. “them” scenario when you’re organizing a small repro organization, but when the lines are drawn, you want the new hire falling on the right side of the battlefield. Whoever makes them feel most supported, welcome, and confident will likely win their alliance.
For repro movement workers considering gig work: When that nonprofit check ain't enough
Of course this isn't a replacement for paying people living wages and won't fill the gaps in income created by our capitalist society, and I needed something to help me get between paychecks and perhaps you do too. I created this list to help my fellow movement workers have some cushion during these uncertain times.
Why Job Descriptions Should Exist on Your Website—Not Just Emails
Making your organization’s open positions available on your website makes it easy for all of us to access. Fantastic candidates can find it, friends of great candidates can share it with friends (or the candidate can find it themselves if their friend forgets to forward the posting), and selfishly, we can actually post it on our social media accounts and jobs board.
Ask ReproJobs: What are the best practices for searching for a new Executive Director?
Hiring is the most important job many of us do, and the leader of an organization can make profound change for the better or worse.
Standing with Planned Parenthood Workers: An interview with the unionized workers of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
"Our Planned Parenthood workers are dedicated to the mission of ensuring reproductive healthcare is accessible and affordable for its patients. It makes sense to me that those same staff should have a living wage and employee benefits to be able to make the best family planning decisions for themselves too."
Standing with Planned Parenthood Workers: How the workers of Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania won their union
"It’s easier to work toward a union if you build community and know one another!"
Ask ReproJobs: How do I talk about my identity in a cover letter/resume?
Help the person reading the cover letter see that your identities are a stellar asset that make you a kickass candidate who can bring what no one else can to the role
Ask a Union Organizer: How do we get co-workers fired up about unionization at progressive organizations?
If you can find a way to create a movement that does not retraumatize your coworkers, your union will be stronger, more successful, and more sustainable.
Stop offering employee benefits that aren’t actually benefits. Here’s how.
Benefits are important. So is being upfront about what you offer.
Ask ReproJobs: Answering all your questions about legal work in the movement.
There are a lot of ways to lawyer for reproductive justice.
Abortion care workers are essential: How unionizing can protect and support clinic staff
We believe all abortion and reproductive healthcare workers and support staff deserve to have a say in their workplaces, and that unionizing is one way to ensure that. B
Ask a Union Organizer: How can we organize when we're worried our clinic may close?
There’s a lot you can ask for in a union contract that won’t cost the clinic a penny: a voting seat on the board for a staff member; better boundaries for off-the-clock and working hours; stronger non-discrimination policies; a formal grievance procedure.