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Good Work Austin Membership

Are you ready to join a movement that's reshaping the local food and beverage industry? Good Work Austin offers an innovative and affordable membership model designed to support workers and businesses through professional development, resource sharing, and community engagement.

Together, we can create a thriving industry where workers are valued, and locally-owned businesses succeed.

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Annual Membership Fees

Good Work Austin has a membership model that ensures individuals and all businesses, regardless of size, looking to join can participate and benefit. By making membership affordable and accessible, we foster greater involvement and adherence to social responsibility. Our model is focused on increasing inclusivity and accessibility while maintaining a strong values-based approach to our membership network.

Membership fees are based on an annual renewal cycle, starting from the date of joining, rather than aligning with the calendar year.

A business membership includes membership for all employees of the business. This means that employees can access benefits, resources, and programs offered by Good Work Austin. Individual memberships are available for those who are not employed by a member business but still want to be involved.

What you’ll gain

  • Amplify Your Impact

    Be part of an initiative that distributed over 83,000 healthy meals through our Community Kitchen, nourishing the Austin community while supporting local food businesses.

  • Invest in Local Business Sustainability

    Share in the $760,041 reinvested into local restaurants, ensuring businesses like yours can thrive and provide workers with living wages.

  • Empower Your Team

    Save your yourself or your business thousands of dollars to access specialized training programs that trained 212 workers in collaboration with 41 businesses in 2024. 99% of participants recommend these sessions.

  • Strengthen Your Workforce

    Enroll or hire employees from our Culinary Workforce Training cohorts, offering nearly 2,000 hours of hands-on training to build skilled teams. The program has a 100% satisfaction rate from trainees.

  • Join a Thriving Network

    Collaborate with like-minded food and hospitality businesses dedicated to equitable practices, workforce development, and creating a stronger, healthier industry in Austin.

Hear From Our Members

  • Mars Chapman, Co-Owner Casey's New Orleans Snowballs

    "Good Work Austin is the community I wish I’d had when I first stepped into management at Casey’s Snowballs. It’s a network of folks with experience facing similar challenges and who want to help other people build great businesses. We’re also a group of people responsible for teams at our workplaces and we’re trying to improve the workplace for the betterment of everyone. You can feel good about striving for this kind of goal."

  • Randi Hensley Owner, Epoch Coffee

    "Good Work Austin has been incredibly helpful for navigating a best course of action. It is a huge peace of mind to be able to talk through challenges with other businesses who are committed to doing the right thing and to support each other through a really trying couple of years. I am incredibly excited about the forward momentum of GWA and am excited about the good things we can do in our community."

  • Ben Fordham, Partner / CEO MaieB Hospitality

    “I hope to see a Good Work Austin sticker in every single hospitality business in Austin. That would mean that workers are getting paid a livable wage, and that all those businesses are striving to provide environments that are safe, inclusive, and supportive to their teams.”

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Good Work Austin membership is open to food and beverage businesses that align with our mission of creating a more sustainable and equitable business environment. We also offer individual memberships for those who are not employed at a member business but want to support and engage with our work.

  • A business membership includes membership for all employees of the business. This means that employees can access benefits, resources, and programs offered by Good Work Austin. Individual memberships are available for those who are not employed by a member business but still want to be involved.

  • We’ve loved having you as part of the Good Work Austin community, and we truly appreciate your commitment to making the local food and beverage industry stronger, more sustainable, and more equitable. As we continue to grow, we’re excited to introduce our first formal membership model—and we want to officially invite you to join!

    This new model will ensure we can provide better benefits, resources, and support to our members. While your past participation has been invaluable, we are now formalizing membership to create a more sustainable structure that allows us to serve our community more effectively. We hope you’ll continue to be a part of Good Work Austin under this new model.

  • We understand that small businesses face financial challenges. We offer pay-what-you-can membership for businesses that are in their first year of operation. If your business is facing barriers to join, please contact us at info@goodworkaustin.org to discuss available options.

  • Yes, you can cancel your membership, though we encourage members to stay engaged and communicate any concerns so we can better serve your needs. Refunds will not be provided on membership fees.

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