Build a self-help membership benefit program
Members are entitled to share in a group of benefits designed by members for members, that respond to the needs of service workers in central Ohio as identified by the workers themselves. The Benefit Program is designed to meet as many of the immediate survival needs of our members as possible so that members can organize to eliminate the cause of their problems – poverty – at the root. The expansion of the program is overseen by the membership leadership body, the Franklin County Workers Benefit Council (WBC). (See below)
Join as a member
Membership is open to anyone who is, has been, or in the future may be employed in service work or other types of low-paid work – domestic work, temporary work or work done as an independent contractor. MWA members do childcare and elder care, work in hospitality and food service, hotel and office maintenance, security, construction and landscaping. They are the backbone of the economy, yet often receive wages that don’t cover survival needs for a family. MWA members include the elderly and disabled low-income workers living on inadequate fixed incomes.
Lead house meetings in your neighborhood
MWA canvassers convey the message that we must become a united group to become a force to be reckoned with. Canvassers recruit interested members to host membership house meetings in their homes or yard, and invite newly signed members and other neighbors, family and friends to learn more about MWA and how to join with others to forge long-term solutions to problems we face collectively. New or potential members have an opportunity to ask more detailed questions, raise concerns and get immediate input.
MWA provides a chance for workers to speak for themselves
No other interest save the workers’ themselves is served
Coordinate action through the Franklin County Workers Benefit Council (WBC)
The Franklin County Workers Benefit Council (WBC) is a body of members who take on leadership roles in the organization. WBC decisions are made by consensus where membership delegates who represent fellow members from the same occupation, worksite or neighborhood determine the course of action MWA will take towards problems and needs expressed by the Council members, and how the Benefit Program will grow in the interests of working people in Franklin County.
WBC delegates are equipped with membership kits to sign new members and take benefit requests. They agree to promulgate organizational decisions, needs, and actions to fellow members.
