Know who your Building Leader is and who is on your building team.
Get people to take action (sign a petition, come to a meeting, etc.) by having one-on-one conversations with them (not mass emails or Facebook posts).
Get a commitment from folks that they have done the thing; follow up!
Report your data using campaign data collection forms.
After the campaign, we'll celebrate our wins, reflect on the campaign, and move forward to win some more!
We showed up in Raleigh on May Day 15,000-strong and ready to fight for our public school students. May Day was neither the beginning nor the end of our Kids Over Corporations campaign, and we're here to continue the fight.
Building power as a union means also building our membership density. We now have four locals in North Carolina at union majority, including our neighboring Forsyth County. Guilford's on the shortlist to be next!
What does majority density gain us? POWER. Durham and Asheville City (majority locals) are now in meet & confer negotiations with their district leaders, giving workers more power over their own working conditions and an effective avenue for negotiation.
Many of your coworkers aren't yet union members because no one has asked them yet! You can be the one to invite them to change their working conditions by taking collective action with their coworkers.
Recruitment Resources:
May Day Recruitment Rap (a way you can talk to your coworkers about joining)
Membership Sign-Up: ncae.org/join
Early Enrollment Paper Form: tinyurl.com/GuilCoEE26
Early Enrollment: Members who sign up between now and the end of August don't pay dues until September!
If you need a staff & member list for your building, email gcaenc@gmail.com.
Incentives:
All new members receive a GCAE t-shirt to wear on #RedForEd Wednesdays.
Invite a Member Organizer to your building to help you recruit members, and they'll bring donuts! Email gcaenc@gmail.com to set up your building visit.
Members who recruit 4 new members by September 1, 2026, can join the GCAE Organizing Committee and receive an exclusive Organizing Committee hoodie. Report your new recruits by emailing gcaenc@gmail.com!
GCAE Mass Meeting
Thursday, May 14, 5:30-7:30 PM
Smith High School
Register: tinyurl.com/GCAEmass5-14-26
GCAE Organizing Committee Meeting
Thursday, May 21, 5:30-7:30 PM
GCAE Union Hall
Register: tinyurl.com/GCAEOC5-21-26
Skills to Win Training
Sat-Sun, August 8-9, 12:00-5:00 PM
Virtual
Interest form: https://forms.gle/egJCJb4VvgyZYjvz6
Have a Building Meeting!
NCAE Kids Over Corporations Mass Call
Monday, May 18, 6:00-7:00 PM
Virtual
NCAE NBCT Network Support Session
May 19
Virtual
Connect with NCAE & NEA
Public School Strong: Emergency Action on Federal Cuts to Public Education!
Thursday, May 14, 7:00-8:00 PM
Virtual
Register: https://www.mobilize.us/reclaimourschools/event/946254/
Pleasant Garden Candidate Meet & Greet
Saturday, May 16, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pleasant Garden Community Center
Indivisible Guilford: All Roads Lead to the South: Solidarity for Voting Rights
Saturday, May 16, 2:00-3:30 PM
Old Guilford County Courthouse
Register: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibleguilford/event/953830/
Indivisible Battlegrounds Strategy Briefing
Wednesday, May 20, 8:00-9:00 PM
Virtual
Indivisible Guilford: Street Smarts Training
Tuesday, May 26, 7:00-8:30 PM
Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library
Register: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibleguilford/event/919512/
Public School Strong Organizing Meeting
Tuesday, June 9, 7:00-8:30 PM
Virtual
AFSC: Canvassing for Safer Homes
Sundays, Wednesday, and Fridays, 5:30-7:30 PM
Participate in a study for inclusion specialists
NEA's Union Bulletin Board (posters, etc.)
General Organizing Resources:
Effective organizing conversations: One-on-One 101
NEA Organizing Toolkit - Recruitment (Check out the videos & posters!)
Join GCAE: http://bit.ly/JoinGCAE