Who We Are
We are mill workers, nurses, cannery workers, loggers, childcare providers, grocery workers, cooks, home health aides, parents and students. We are renters, homeowners, and mobile homeowners.
We are joining together to fight for good jobs making our rural communities healthy, vibrant places to grow up and raise a family now and for generations to come.
We are fighting to create:
more good rural jobs building and repairing healthy and affordable housing so everyone has a safe and stable place to live
good rural jobs making health care and child care available to everyone who needs it
good rural jobs managing the natural resources we rely on so all of us can enjoy a healthy, vibrant future
We are coming together in the small towns and rural communities we call home to build a rural economy that works for working families.
Why We Organize.
From farmland to timber country, rural WA is at a crossroads. We face high poverty rates, shortages of affordable housing and living wage rural jobs, health disparities, crumbling infrastructure, and lands, waters and livelihoods at risk.
Although we live in one of the most prosperous parts of the world, for many of us in rural WA, it’s just getting harder to get by.
We have a choice: either we keep just getting by, putting out a new fire every day, or we can come together to organize for the good jobs, housing, healthcare, childcare, healthy lands, and dignity we all need and deserve.