Ethan West Email & Phone Number

Charles County, Maryland, United States

Prince William County, Virginia, United States

• Advise licensed educator and operational support personnel members of regulations, laws, policies, grievance procedures, and other avenues, both internal and/or external to the school districts, for remedial action.
• Act as witness and/or representative for members in disciplinary meetings, hearings, investigations, and grievance proceedings with school district executive leadership, human resources managers, and building-level.
• Negotiate equitable settlement and remedy with school district officials to resolve disputes and complaints brought by teachers or support staff
• Work as liaison between membership and legal team to secure attorney representation for cases involving investigation by law enforcement, suits being brought against members as a result of incidents occurring in the.
• Advise elected and local leadership on representation strategies, issue organizing, local governance procedures, and statewide affiliate policy, initiatives, and events
• Assist statewide affiliate with organizing, communications, government relations, and political action initiatives as needed

Washington, DC

• Develop, implement, and execute national internal and external organizing strategy for quickly-growing labor union with local units primarily in federal government and federally-contracted private sector facilities
• Work as close advisor to national president and field staff on organizing priorities and tactics, strategic communications, leadership development, membership mobilization, union governance, and legislative and policy.
• Plan and execute political strategy, including field-based media conferences, member-driven lobbying at the legislative and executive levels of federal government, and online communications regarding legislative.
• Develop, coordinate, and present training on organizing and membership and leadership development to members as part of wide member education programs in tandem with the IAMAW’s Winpisinger Center and in the field with.
• Maintain inventory of promotional materials, and develop new materials and literature in concert with digital marketing, communications, and legislative teams
• Advise local units on organizing strategies, capacity building, strategic planning, membership training, and other internal organizing matters

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Develop and execute plans to recruit and retain union membership amongst federal employee local unions, primarily in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
• Assist local unions and in identifying and activating potential union stewards, legislative coordinators, fair practice coordinators, and other leadership positions
• Advise local unions on development of Membership and Organization committees, development of organizing and mobilizing plans, organizing budgets
• Train member-activists on member-to-member communication, organizing event planning, utilization of data in organizing, local unit mapping, community organizing, direct action planning, and leadership development
• Work alongside autonomous district-level staff, local union leaders, staff of other national departments, and outside benefit vendors to coordinate triannual region-wide organizing drives
• Assist national union staff and other labor union partners in planning and execution of direct action events during major mobilization campaigns

Alexandria, Virginia

• Developed and led internal organizing initiative to reactivate, develop, and retain membership in right-to-work federal employee system
• Scouted, planned, facilitated, and debriefed organizing and member benefit events at Department of Veterans’ Affairs hospitals, Department of Defense installations, and other federal facilities nationwide
• Assisted in the development of strategic communications of federal workplace issues to membership of over 50,000 across 41 states
• Acted as coordinator between union and outside benefit provider to ensure attendance and education of staff as well as prioritization of different supplemental benefits to be offered at organizing events

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Recruited, organized, and activated both new and existing organizational members into electoral and issue campaigns based around key swing-state election
• Led and facilitated volunteer events, such as postcarding parties, debate watch parties, phone banking, canvassing, etc.
• Worked with field staff to continue to grow program and develop new membership and volunteer leads

San Francisco, California

• Learned and implemented the basics of new unit labor organizing in multiple settings
• Alongside staff from Jobs with Justice, assisted in organizing and establishing a new worker committee within a major retail clothing chain location
• Helped in organizing new member events, training seminars, committee meetings, and one-on-one organizing chats

Cumberland, Maryland

• Led local AFL-CIO issue advocacy campaign around Bring Jobs Home Act
• Organized local demonstrations and media campaigns
• Coordinated volunteer efforts between local member unions and other community groups