Goals of position:

• Assist the local union in building capacity to exercise political power.

• Lead 2026 worksite action leaders in implementing the campaign plan at GOTV and legislative sites.

• Coordinate local union efforts with the statewide Education Minnesota campaign.

• Win the governor’s election with a pro-public education candidate and leverage voter turnout to win back a pro-public education majority in the House and maintain the majority in the Senate.

Stipend Available: GOTV leaders will be eligible to receive a stipend of $1,200 for leading this work from February-November 2026.

Activities and duties required to earn stipend:

• Attend the 2026 Education Minnesota Political Conference, which is Jan. 30-31.

• Collect and verify process and submit Worksite Action Leader paperwork according to Education Minnesota paperwork.

• Attend GOTV Leader training virtually (If did not attend training at Political Conference).

• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings monthly with Education Minnesota political organizer and a cohort of other local union get-out-the-vote leaders.

• Have one-to-one with Education Minnesota political organizer and complete campaign template.

• Recruit and arrange for training of worksite action leaders for all GOTV and legislative buildings in the local.

• Host and train WALs at an in-person meeting before the end of the 2025-26 school year.

• Participate in individual check-ins with Education Minnesota political organizer.

• Assist with campaign communications to worksite action leaders by email, text and Zoom about the campaign activities at worksites. Support worksite action leaders in their efforts. Campaign activities summarized below.

• Lead social media and texting tactics for the local union in the campaign.

Worksite campaign activities timeline:

Spring:

• Fill out and turn in your GOTV application (must be approved by your local president).

• Create your local’s Individual Campaign Plan with your assigned political organizer (field staff and local presidents welcome and encouraged to participate).

• Recruit and train WALs for all targeted worksites. Only sites with a trained WAL are eligible for program reimbursement.

Fall:

• Distribute printed toolkits to WALs in targeted worksites and train them on their use.

  • Toolkits include rosters of targeted voters WALs need to have a one-to-one with and hand the two sided side-by-side candidate comparison and voter guide flyer.

• Communicate with WALs regarding progress of one-to-one conversations with targeted voters.

• Communicate with WALs about their get-out-the-vote event at their building to ensure it happens between early voting and the day before Election Day.

• Host at least one fun/educational off-site training event for WALs to reiterate importance of the election and re-teach proper reimbursement procedures for timely processing (Menu of options) ($1.75 per member, per event reimbursement is available).

• Help promote digital platforms to distribute campaign information.

• Other activities, as determined in your individual campaign planning meetings, from the menu of options.

Post-election:

• Collect reimbursements materials from WALs to verify all their paperwork is correct and mail materials to Education Minnesota.

• Participate in a GOTV leader group campaign debrief session with political organizers.

Questions? Contact one of our political organizers:

Kong Xiong
Katie Humphrey
Alex Hoselton