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SEIU Minnesota State Council
Member Political Organizer Program

Member Political Organizers (MPO)

Qualifications:    Any SEIU member who does both of the following:

• Works 16 hours or more in a calendar year as a part of SEIU’s political program.
• Contributes monthly to COPE (Committee on Political Education) in your Local.

The political work would include one or more of the following:

• Raising money from SEIU members for COPE;
• Participating in SEIU lobby day(s);
• Making phone calls and/or door knocking SEIU members in support of SEIU-endorsed candidates;
• Participating in SEIU-sponsored voter registration drive(s); and
• Attending marches, rallies, demonstrations, candidate forums or other political events in support of SEIU endorsed candidates and/or SEIU legislative campaigns in Minnesota.

Awards:  MPOs will receive a certificate of appreciation.

MPO Activists

Qualifications:   Any SEIU member who does both of the following:

• Works 40 hours or more in a calendar year (or 36 hours or more plus attending a MPO training) as a part of SEIU’s political program.
• Contributes monthly to COPE as a “premier member” in your Local.

Awards:   MPO Activists will receive a certificate of appreciation, MPO Activist pin, and an invitation to the annual SEIU Political VIP event.

Worksite Coordinators

Qualifications:   A SEIU activist member (often a Steward) who coordinates political communication in their worksite. Worksite Coordinators are also MPOs, but they are willing to take on a greater role in communicating with their co-workers and recruiting other MPOs. Worksite political communication can be organized in several different ways:

• In sites with a smaller number of employees, you may need only one MPO Mobilizer, and
• In sites that are larger, you may need several or a whole team of MPO Mobilizers with one person serving as the overall coordinator.

Awards:  Worksite Coordinators will receive a certificate of appreciation, MPO Activist pin, and an invitation to the annual SEIU Political VIP event.