Here’s how to get a job at progressive organizations including think tanks, advocacy organizations, labor unions, philanthropy, electoral organizations, and more.
Back in the 2010’s, as a student protesting the Keystone XL pipeline and marching alongside thousands in the Baltimore Uprising over Freddie Gray’s death, my dad called me. “Are you sure you’re still going to be able to get a job with all these photos of you at rallies and protests on the internet?” I remember him asking. I replied that fighting against unjust policies was going to be my career. My response to my dad all those years ago was, in hindsight, both correct and incomplete.
Some have really generous PTO policies — Groundwork Collaborative offers ”five weeks of vacation and personal leave, two week-long office closures, additional time off for floating and federal holidays.” Many progressive organizations contribute to retirement funds for employees; the Economic Policy Institute is offering a whopping 9.25% employer-provided 401k retirement contribution. Many organizations in this ecosystem are unionized.
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