Across the state, classified employees are convincing fee payers
  to upgrade to full union membership, and convincing coworkers to
  support the union’s Committee on Political Education, or
  COPE. 
  The flurry of internal organizing falls under the twin banners of
  the Strategic Campaign Initiative and Building Our Power. Grants
  from the former help locals meet their political organizing
  goals, while the latter awards grants based on potential for
  member growth.