Hello, Austin.
Good Work Austin (GWA) is creating a supportive environment for employers who want to do the right thing for their workers, the economy, and the environment. We’ve established a restaurant re-opening agreement to help guests “Dine With Confidence.” We provide small businesses with access to low-cost health care and counseling options for their staff and a community of business owners to share resources and support.
What We're Doing Now
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Creating a network of small businesses to help each other answer questions and solve problems.
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Building a food bank to get you and your employees back to work through city funding and philanthropy.
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Advocating at the local & state level for the policies that will help us survive and recover the impact of COVID-19.
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Providing access to subsidized mental health counseling and to a direct primary care clinic.
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Developing a roadmap to achieve greater diversity, equity & justice.
GWA's Mission
Healthy Employees
Your people are the foundation of your thriving business. With trainings, advocacy & partnerships with some of Austin’s best non-profits, GWA will help your business implement sick leave, a living wage guarantee, affordable access to health care, counseling & wellness benefits.
Healthy Workplace
GWA believes workplaces should be inclusive, equitable, diverse & safe. GWA will offer sexual harrassment training, financial literacy courses for your employees, open books management courses for you. Online and in-person options to create the positive workplace cultures that make Austin stand out.
Healthy Community
We all live here and work here. We need to know what’s going on, what affects us, how we can be best connected. GWA has access to the best volunteer opportunities, apprentice & internship sources, legislative updates with state reps & city council members to keep you ahead of all the curves.
Universal Food Bank Program
All donations to the UFB fund are tax deductible. Please provide your email address for a receipt.
GWA is securing funding from the City of Austin and philanthropy, to pay GWA restaurants to provide nutritious meals for food insecure communities through our new Universal Food Bank (UFB) program.
Participating GWA members will source more than half of their ingredients from local farms and guarantee that their workers are being paid the CoA’s Living Wage ($15/hr) .
Get in Touch
If you can’t find the answers you are looking for here or through our resources please get in touch. We’ll do all we can to get you in front of the people who can help.
One Fair Wage Emergency Fund
Over 125,000 applications from out of work service industry workers who were making $9.10/hr on avg before Covid-19 forced them out of their jobs.
OFW has raised $15 million to send out checks after carefully screening applicants and prioritizing the neediest. Please support & share.
GWA Food Bank’s ‘Safe Table’ Initiative