National Research Report (April 2022)

All Due Respect works with organizers, executive directors, and philanthropy to improve working conditions and set new movement standards. We believe that respect, security, and transparency are fundamental to organizing for social change and that all organizers deserve it.

But how do we get there?

Toolkit (February 2023)

Our future depends on organizers. But 79% of organizers have thought about leaving the field. And 90% have experienced burnout. Why? Most organizing jobs are unsustainable.

Take a look at our toolkit for funders, directors, and organizers.

Initial Research Findings (October 2023)

In partnership with RYSE and East Bay Community Foundation, All Due Respect is leading a research-to-action project to explore current labor conditions for youth organizers ages 16-26 in the Bay Area and implications for the local powerbuilding ecosystem.

Focus Groups Report (December 2023)

Read the report back from our focus groups with community organizers in Southern California:

"I'm worried about being priced out of my apartment. I'm worried about being elderly and homeless on the street. And when I think about my skill set, I have the skill set to make a lot more money, and I don't even like talking about that. But when things get more expensive . . . I can't help but think about that and think about, what's my long term plan to avoid the very outcomes I'm organizing against?" - Community organizer

Compensation Study (April 2024)

Read the report back from our compensation study in Southern California to learn more about what organizers are currently being paid, and its impact on the organizing ecosystem.

Preview: Organizers aren’t being paid enough to keep them in their jobs long-term, and low wages are contributing to both high levels of burnout and staff turnover.

Labor Guidelines (September 2024)

Read the completed list of Shared Guidelines created by eight leaders from the Bay Area powerbuilding sector that provides insight, practices, and commitments to improving the labor standards for organizers in the region. These guidelines were developed in the imagining of a collaborative movement, where organizations in the Bay Area are supporting each other to create a cohesive effort to organize and to win.

We know that this is a strong movement committed to organizers and as one director shared, “if you are an organizer, you're an organizer, and it's in your soul and heart. There shouldn’t be an expiration date if you are called to do this work.”

Normas laborales (Septiembre 2024)

Lea las Directrices Comunes finalizadas, creadas por ocho líderes del sector de construcción de poder en la Bay Area. Estas directrices ofrecen ideas, prácticas y compromisos para mejorar los estándares laborales de los organizadores en la región. Desarrolladas con la visión de un movimiento colaborativo, tienen como objetivo fomentar un esfuerzo unificado entre las organizaciones de la Bay Area para organizarse de manera efectiva y ganar juntas.

Como compartió un director: “Si usted es un organizador, lo lleva en el alma y el corazón. No debería haber una fecha de caducidad si usted está llamado a hacer este trabajo”.

Labor standards (December 2024)

Read the final set of Organizer Compensation and Benefits Standards created by twenty Southern California powerbuilding organizations to outline what it will take to improve working conditions for all staff, starting with organizers. When organizing jobs allow people to make ends meet, take care of themselves and their loved ones, and maintain a pace of work that ensures they don’t burn out, organizations are stronger, more durable and better equipped to win.

As one organizer reflected, "I promise you would see way less turnover if these were actually instituted with fidelity . . . I believe this would have a huge impact on the field."

Normas laborales (Diciembre 2024)

Lea el conjunto final de Normas de Compensación y Beneficios para Organizadores, creado por veinte organizaciones de construcción de poder en el sur de California, que describe lo necesario para mejorar las condiciones laborales de todo el personal, comenzando con los organizadores. Cuando los trabajos de organización permiten a las personas cubrir sus necesidades básicas, cuidar de sí mismas y de sus seres queridos, y mantener un ritmo de trabajo que evite el agotamiento, las organizaciones son más fuertes, más duraderas y están mejor preparadas para ganar.

Como reflexionó un organizador: “Le prometo que habría mucha menos rotación si esto se implementara con fidelidad... creo que tendría un impacto enorme en el sector”.