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Eastern Service Workers Association
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SINCE 1977
Leading the Struggle of South Jersey’s Lowest-paid Workers
Caregivers
Cooks
Housekeepers
Servers
And more…
The backbone of the tourism economy, attracting people from around the world to “America’s playground.”
EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION (ESWA) believes that all workers must earn a living wage and be able to live lives of decency and dignity; ESWA is here until poverty isn’t.
ESWA is a free and voluntary, unincorporated membership association, entirely volunteer run and independent of government funding. With ESWA, service workers are building mutual assistance benefit programs, joined by students, local businesses and professionals. We are forging strength through concerted action to win permanent, systemic change from the bottom up.
ESWA's Winning Numbers
volunteer run
days a year organizing drive
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Volunteer and Make a Difference
ESWA members and volunteers work together to build an 11‑point, self-help, membership benefit program including emergency and supplemental food, clothing, utility advocacy, legal advice and much more. These benefits are an important beginning to permanently end poverty for South Jersey’s workers.
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Join as an ESWA Member
Membership is available to all workers (currently working or not) who request it. People wishing to sign up as members can come to the ESWA office anytime, seven days a week. All members are eligible for the free-of-charge 11-Point Membership Benefit Program.
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Learn More About ESWA
As South Jersey confronted widespread job losses and falling incomes, many residents saw that direct services or poverty programs, while alleviating some symptoms of poverty, were not addressing the root causes of the problems faced by working people. That is where ESWA began.
Emergency Food Benefit
Clothing Benefit
Non-Emergency Dental Benefit
Legal Advice Benefit
AND MORE!
Publications
Produce an independent newsletter that represents the concerns of the lowest paid workers!
Voice of Service Workers
Events and Activities
Publicize Our Victories
Wealth Disparity and Rampant Poverty Weigh Heavily on Atlantic City and the Surrounding Region
Despite a steady flow of over 27 million visitors a year and the billions of dollars they bring, the region struggles with poverty. Atlantic City, a city of 40,000, has only one grocery store and unemployment 50% higher than the statewide average.
ESWA’s Landmark Campaigns
Demanded the state fulfill its obligation to apply casino revenues to social needs
Stopped utility regulators from approving hundreds of millions of dollars of rate hikes for energy monopolies
Blocked corporate profiteers from seizing public water resources
Held the government accountable to its pledges of assistance after Superstorm Sandy