Western Service Workers Association (WSWA)


Est. 1974

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Volunteers sort donated food at WSWA's Holiday Food Basket Distribution

Volunteer

Join WSWA as a volunteer and make a difference in changing the conditions of poverty facing tens of thousands of low-income workers on the Central Coast.

WSWA members and volunteers do an Informational Picket Line in front of California's State Capitol building in Sacramento to stop cuts to IHSS program

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WSWA has over 50 years of victories organized by and for low-income workers and their allies on the Central Coast. The rich history of WSWA is the culmination of decades of organizing experience.

WSWA volunteers sign up new members on a canvass

Join as a Member

If you are struggling to get by with low-wages and rising costs, you are not alone. Join as a member of WSWA and learn how we can improve our conditions.

Western Service Workers Association (WSWA) is a free and voluntary, unincorporated private membership association, uniting service workers, temporary workers and others who are low income since 1974. We are 100% volunteer run and independent of government funding. WSWA seeks to eradicate the poverty status of this majority segment of the workforce, and achieve a means to determine our own collective destiny.

Our carbon footprint, nearly nil.

Our organizing drive’s human impact, huge!

WSWA endorses the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development