About Us

EWOC helps workers in the United States who are not in unions. We offer direct educational support to workers who are interested in building organizing campaigns in the workplace, and we offer training programs for workers to build their skills with other workers in a live online environment.

EWOC also produces online and printed educational materials; conducts in-person trainings at conferences, on college campuses, and through local EWOC chapters; and provides unique analysis on new workplace organizing.

EWOC helps workers within the United States who are not in unions organize at work for better working conditions and winning union recognition.

EWOC volunteers have a mix of experience within the labor movement, some with none at all prior to joining EWOC. Many come through existing labor organizations like unions and worker centers or through DSA chapters.

They volunteer to help contact workers who reach out to EWOC, provide direct support to workplace campaigns, organize trainings, create educational materials, manage back-end systems, and promote the organization.

EWOC campaigns come from workers themselves when they fill out the Get Support form. Those workers connect with experienced volunteer organizers who help answer questions, build a plan, and offer continuing support as workers build campaigns within their workplaces.

Yes. EWOC provides support to workers who are organizing for any demands, including better pay, better benefits, safer conditions, and respect at work. We also help workers develop the skills to operate as a union even without official NLRB recognition.

No. EWOC only provides support to workers who are not members of unions. However, we recommend union members who wish to organize within their unions contact Labor Notes, which publishes regularly and hosts in-person trainings to help union members build fighting unions.

No, EWOC is a project of UE Research and Education Fund, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to supporting and training workers to organize for better conditions in their own workplaces. Workers’ wins are their own.

No, we are only able to assist workers within the U.S. However, if you’re in the United Kingdom, we encourage you to reach out to Organise Now!, an organization with a similar mission to EWOC.

EWOC will help any worker in any industry and in any part of the United States organize their co-workers for better conditions at work. We don’t do the organizing within your workplace, but we do provide the education you need to build power at work.

EWOC’s training and support materials and trainings are free of charge to anyone who wants them. However, we are a volunteer-run and donor-supported nonprofit organization, so if you’re able to make a donation to keep our work free, we encourage you to do so.