LOS ANGELES — An activist organization opposing federal immigration enforcement is advertising paid organizing positions offering up to $36 an hour while coordinating campaigns targeting hotels and Home Depot stores over their alleged connections to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Grassroots Activist International Association (GAIA), through its ICE Breakers campaign, is seeking organizers to pressure businesses into ending relationships with federal immigration authorities.
According to its recruitment materials, GAIA offers starting wages of $23 an hour plus bonuses, with typical earnings advertised between $26 and $30 an hour. Employees are expected to recruit supporters, conduct public outreach and meet daily fundraising goals.
The positions are paid organizing and fundraising jobs, rather than documented payments to individuals simply for attending demonstrations.
GAIA says its operations are funded through grassroots donations and canvassing, without corporate or government support. Its actual payroll and funding sources have not been independently verified.
Hotels and Home Depot Targeted
One campaign calls on Hilton to prohibit ICE agents and related immigration-enforcement personnel from using its properties. Organizers propose demonstrations, boycotts and refundable hotel reservations that could complicate occupancy planning.
The campaign also encourages universities, conferences and other organizations to reconsider booking Hilton venues until the company changes its policies.
A separate six-month campaign targets Home Depot, with the stated objective of shutting down every Los Angeles location for one day. Planned activities include public demonstrations, consumer boycotts and investor pressure.
GAIA is demanding that Home Depot end ties to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security while allowing day laborer advocates to organize at local stores.
Training Summit Planned
The organization has also scheduled a two-day organizing summit for Oct. 24–25 in Los Angeles, featuring workshops on nonviolent direct action, protest rights, security practices and interactions with law enforcement.
Participants will practice campaign strategies through a fictional exercise involving a hotel chain connected to immigration enforcement.
GAIA describes its approach as lawful, nonviolent organizing designed to create economic pressure on businesses associated with federal immigration operations.
The campaigns illustrate how some immigration-enforcement opponents are combining paid grassroots organizing, consumer boycotts and coordinated demonstrations to influence corporate policies.
While GAIA openly advertises paid organizing positions, the available materials do not establish that ordinary protest participants are being paid to attend demonstrations.
Anti-ICE Group Advertises Paid Organizing Jobs, Plans Business Disruptions in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — An activist organization opposing federal immigration enforcement is advertising paid organizing positions offering up to $36 an hour while coordinating campaigns targeting hotels and Home Depot stores over their alleged connections to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Grassroots Activist International Association (GAIA), through its ICE Breakers campaign, is seeking organizers to pressure businesses into ending relationships with federal immigration authorities.
According to its recruitment materials, GAIA offers starting wages of $23 an hour plus bonuses, with typical earnings advertised between $26 and $30 an hour. Employees are expected to recruit supporters, conduct public outreach and meet daily fundraising goals.
The positions are paid organizing and fundraising jobs, rather than documented payments to individuals simply for attending demonstrations.
GAIA says its operations are funded through grassroots donations and canvassing, without corporate or government support. Its actual payroll and funding sources have not been independently verified.
Hotels and Home Depot Targeted
One campaign calls on Hilton to prohibit ICE agents and related immigration-enforcement personnel from using its properties. Organizers propose demonstrations, boycotts and refundable hotel reservations that could complicate occupancy planning.
The campaign also encourages universities, conferences and other organizations to reconsider booking Hilton venues until the company changes its policies.
A separate six-month campaign targets Home Depot, with the stated objective of shutting down every Los Angeles location for one day. Planned activities include public demonstrations, consumer boycotts and investor pressure.
GAIA is demanding that Home Depot end ties to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security while allowing day laborer advocates to organize at local stores.
Training Summit Planned
The organization has also scheduled a two-day organizing summit for Oct. 24–25 in Los Angeles, featuring workshops on nonviolent direct action, protest rights, security practices and interactions with law enforcement.
Participants will practice campaign strategies through a fictional exercise involving a hotel chain connected to immigration enforcement.
GAIA describes its approach as lawful, nonviolent organizing designed to create economic pressure on businesses associated with federal immigration operations.
The campaigns illustrate how some immigration-enforcement opponents are combining paid grassroots organizing, consumer boycotts and coordinated demonstrations to influence corporate policies.
While GAIA openly advertises paid organizing positions, the available materials do not establish that ordinary protest participants are being paid to attend demonstrations.
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