OUR LABOR,
OUR MOVEMENT
Region 6 Organizer Training Program
Our Labor, Our Movement (OLOM) is the Region 6 Organizer Training Program for developing a new generation of organizers who are ready to build — and win — worker-led organizing campaigns on a massive scale.
In UAW Region 6, members across multiple industries recognize the importance and potential of new organizing for building a fighting labor movement that has the power needed to take on the corporate class, win social justice, and advance a sustainable future. Workers in Region 6 are currently organizing dozens of campaigns comprising more than 80,000 workers in every sector and area of the region — and more are joining the movement every day.
In order to meet the needs, energy, and urgency of the moment, it is critical to build strong new generations of skilled organizers who can support worker-led campaigns both now and into the future. Our Labor, Our Movement (OLOM) is a program built to equip new organizers with knowledge, practical experience, mentorship, and peer support that can be put to use building a fighting labor movement.
OLOM Training Programs
OLOM: Field Organizers
Three-month, full-time, paid internship
OLOM is an intensive, hand-on training program. Participants in the program are part of a cohort of fellow organizers, who are each placed on different organizing campaigns Region 6. In addition to gaining hand-ons organizing experience working on their campaign, participants receive structured in-person and remote training, opportunities to connect with others in their cohort, and 1-1 mentorship from experienced organizers.
Applications are currently closed. Check back for future sessions in 2025.
LOLOM: Field Leads
Six-month program for field leads to receive in person and remote training alongside other members of the cohort.
Applications are currently closed. Check back for future offerings in 2025.
Open Organizing School
YLOC-UAW’s Open Organizing School is a partnership between UAW Region 6 and UAW Region 9A to provide online organizing trainings for brand new organizers to learn organizing fundamentals & put them into practice on a campaign of their choice.
Participants go through a series of online trainings along with a cohort, and receive direct peer mentorship from experienced organizers in Regions 6 and 9A.
Learn more on the YLOC-UAW website.
