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Organizing for Power: The Core Fundamentals (O4P) is a multi-week online training program originated by union organizer Jane McAlevey and produced by Rosa-Lux that provides union members with the information and practice they need to build the organizing skills necessary to win changes at work, contract fights, and unionization efforts. The 2025 Organizing for Power class began in February, 2025. Maine AFL-CIO supports a group here in Maine each year to take the class together.

Register HERE by Oct 28 to participate in the November 2026 class

Oct 28 - registration deadline
Nov 5 - Maine Team Orientation
Nov 10, 12, 17, 19 Classes
Nov 24 - Maine Team Follow-up and Plan to Win

All meetings choice of noon or 8pm, all 2 hours
Everything online on Zoom
No fee to participate

We win when we harness our greatest collective strength – our numbers. Power-Up teaches the core methods of organizing, to help you build strong majorities and win your campaigns.

Power-Up will cover:

  • The difference between mobilizing and organizing,
  • Leader Identification: how to harness the power of social relationships to build majorities in your context,
  • The importance of word choice,
  • How to conduct Structured Organizing Conversations,
  • The steps to develop a solid Plan to Win,
  • Structure Tests.

The program will be structured around a narrative that links labor and community injustices around a shared campaign.

Our trainings are participatory and designed to support your existing campaigns: sessions will include moments in plenary and break-out groups, and participants will be supported by group exercises, worksheets, and homework.

Whether you are organizing a new union, organizing members of an existing union around a contract or other campaign, or organizing in your community, this course teaches the core skills needed to succeed.

Register HERE by Oct 28 to participate in the November 2026 class
or Download a flier  to share with your organizing buddies

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

These essential skills serve as the building blocks of all winning campaigns. The Core Fundamentals uses the same curriculum as past Organizing for Power trainings for the simple reason that the fundamentals of success do not change; the real key is our ability to master them.

Since September 2019, O4P has hosted more than 45,000 organizers from over 2100 organizations across 115 countries (over 150 people have participated in our Maine Teams). 75% of these attendees have been first-time O4P participants, while the rest are returning participants who understand that practice makes perfect. After all, if lead trainer Jane McAlevey never stopped practicing the fundamentals, then neither should you! In The Core Fundamentals, a growing team of trainers from across the globe will lead you through a program to better prepare you for the struggles, and victories, to come.

Register HERE by Oct 28 to participate in the November 2026 class

The class is a little different each time. 

Classes are on Tuesdays & Thursdays and each class will run for 2 hours, and the same material will be covered in both tracks. You will be offered a choice to participate at noon (Track A) or at 8pm (Track B) (or both - or go back and forth!).

Orientation for the Maine Team will be Thursday, November 5  (2 hour - noon or 8pm) and the 2-hour classes will be held on November 10, 12, 17 and 19. We'll hold a final 2-hour session with the Maine Team to review and solidify your plans on Tuesday, November 24. There will be a little bit of homework during the class. Don't be afraid of it. This class will build your organizing strength!

Register HERE by Oct 28 to participate in the November 2026 class

The class and debriefs are held entirely on Zoom. All events are free of charge. Maine team is primarily for Maine union members and allied Maine community organizers, others considered on a case-by-case basis (we have sometimes included organizers from other states but with connections to Maine in our team in the past)

Register HERE by Oct 28 to participate in the November 2026 class

Here are two videos about a campaign that used the methods taught in this class for a successful campaign to improve patient/staffing ratios in hospitals in Berlin, Germany. Silvia Habekost, a nurse who was part of this campaign, attended the Maine AFL-CIO Summer Institute in August, 2024 and spoke about the campaign.

And here's a testimonial from one of our Maine Team members who has taken the class twice and is now part of our facilitation team.

Download a flier here, to help bring along your co-workers