In Unity There is Strength
Join as a WFWA Member
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Membership is open to anyone who is, has been, or in the future may be employed in farm work, including low-paid workers not working in agriculture. We understand that in order to thrive, we have to unite and cannot leave any worker behind. Many WFWA members irrigate, pick and prune the orchards, harvest row crops, work in vineyards, are nursery workers and landscapers, or work in food processing plants. Most are seasonal workers and have to find what work they can during the off-season. Join WFWA as we build collective solutions to the poverty conditions impacting tens of thousands of workers in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Members Helping Members
Help Run the Self-help Membership Benefit Program
Members are eligible to participate in a free-of-charge 11-Point Benefit Program, designed by members, for members. As a self-help organization, members participate in the building, functioning and oversight of the Benefit Program.
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Spreading the Word
Host a House Meeting
Interested members host membership house meetings in their homes or yards and invite newly signed members and other neighbors, family and friends to learn about WFWA.
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In Unity There Is Strength
Expand the San Joaquin Valley Workers Benefit Council
The San Joaquin Valley Workers Benefit Council (WBC) is a body of members who take on leadership roles in the organization. Members meet to coordinate the actions WFWA 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 the San Joaquin Valley.
Building Leadership
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Become a Delegate
As part of the San Joaquin Valley Workers Benefit Council (WBC), members can access training to become a delegate on behalf of other members working in the same occupation, living in the same neighborhood or migrant labor camp or sharing concerns about a common issue affecting the membership.