Dan Chambers Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Maryland

• Through 5 election cycles (2014-2022), supported recommended candidates for office from school board to Governor, including phone banks, text banks, door to door canvasses, independent expenditure campaign activities.
• Administered day-to-day organizing support to locals in 5 counties (urban & rural) in Baltimore metro area. Worked on contract organizing, electoral organizing, and crisis and issue organizing in public schools. My.
• Worked to implement MSEA legislative program on employee rights’, public education, racial & social justice and other issues. Recruited members to testify and worked with lobbyists to prepare them to work with elected.
• Managed confidential information regarding political campaigns, budget campaigns, negotiations strategy and more in consultation with local staff and leaders.
• Worked collaboratively with staff and leaders to develop & execute plans as needed, often with group accountability among our teams.
• Served 7 years as a staff representative working on individual member representation, contract negotiations and enforcement as well as policy writing and enforcement.

Springfield, Illinois

• I served five years as an organizer, with the following duties:
• New local organizing in over 45 campaigns in public schools with a focus on education support professionals (teaching assistants, secretaries, custodians, bus drivers), and a focus on part-time, adjunct college.
• I worked in existing locals with low membership or leadership issues on organizational development.
• I organized for contract negotiations, and supported locals on strike, contentious bargaining, or subcontracting crises. Responsible for working with elected leaders in dozens of local Associations, recruiting members.
• I was a trainer at the 2009 NEA UniServ Academy training new staff representatives in the application of practical organizing. I forged relationships with outside unions through a labor education program for trades.

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