Apply for the Building Our Power Leadership Series

As part of our focus this year to equip local leaders with the tools necessary to win, Region 9A is excited to announce our Building our Power educational series, which will begin in July 2026. This program is specifically designed for busy local leaders who want to further their union leadership skills and build strong, militant, and effective unions.  

The series will be composed of a small 10-15 person cohort across Region 9A who will meet virtually once a month. Participants will dive deep into collective bargaining, membership mobilization, and strike strategy. Together, we will learn to understand and assess the economic conditions of our industries and identify organizing and mobilization strategies that advance our struggles.

We will address obstacles facing our unions, review lessons from past and contemporary labor struggles, and analyze methods to grow the power of the working class in every sector and apply what we learn to concrete conditions in our locals. Sessions will include guest speakers and readings from UAW materials, labor history, and theoretical sources. More importantly, we will learn from each other as we engage in the day-to-day struggle of leading our unions.

The first four sessions will be conducted once a month from July to September via Zoom on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM. Participants are required to commit to attend all sessions. The final session will be an all-day event in either the Hartford or NYC Regional Office, to be determined.

Please see the call letter for more information and apply by June 1. Space in this program is extremely limited and will be approved based on evaluation of application.