Membership
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IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH
Membership
Join as a WMLA Member
Membership is open to anyone who is, has been, or in the future may be employed in service work. We understand that in order to thrive, we have to unite and cannot leave any worker behind. Many WMLA members work as domestic and maintenance workers, food service and retail workers, nurses aides and hotel workers, human services workers and other occupations. WMLA members also include workers who are between jobs, retired or disabled. Join WMLA as we build collective solutions to the poverty conditions impacting tens of thousands of workers in the Western Massachusetts.
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WMLA PROVIDES WORKERS A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
NO OTHER INTEREST SAVE THAT OF THE WORKERS THEMSELVES IS SERVED
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.
Help Run the Self-help Membership Benefit Program
Members are eligible to participate in a free-of-charge Benefit Program, designed by members for members. As a self-help organization, members participate in the building, functioning and oversight of the Benefit Program.
Membership By the Numbers
45k+
Members signed
11
Benefits available
100s
Ways to participate
Expand the Berkshire County Workers Benefit Council
The Berkshire County Workers Benefit Council (WBC) is a body of members who take on leadership roles in the organization. Members meet to coordinate the actions WMLA will take toward problems and needs expressed by the Council members and how the Benefit Program will grow in the interests of working people in Western Massachusetts.
Host a Housemeeting
Interested members host membership housemeetings in their homes or yards and invite newly signed members and other neighbors, family and friends to learn about WMLA.
Become a Delegate
As part of the WBC, members can take on the role as a delegate to bring the concerns of other members working in the same industry, worksite or living in the same neighborhood to the WBC meetings.