Rapid Response Team

Join Local 21's Rapid Response Team to Protect Public Services,
Stand up for our Community

The Local 21 Rapid Response Team (RRT) is a network of Local 21 members participating in the "Protecting Public Services, Standing Up for Our Community" campaign. As a RRT member, you can improve the public's image of public employees, and protect the work you do and the benefits that you receive.

Members of the RRT will write letters to the editor and respond to negative press, distribute information to co-workers and neighbors about ballot measures and candidates that affect the work we do and the services residents depend on us to provide, and lobby elected officials about issues that affect our work.

All RRT members will receive training and ongoing support, and can expect to spend three to ten hours lending a hand this summer. To get involved, email Alex Tonisson at atonisson@ifpte21.org, or Michelle Hatfield at mhatfield@ifpte21.org if you're in a South Bay chapter.

E-form to join the Rapid Response Team

South Bay's upcoming Rapid Response Team Training

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Brief letter to editor tips