PUBLICATIONS

The voice of Boston’s service workers

Photo of front page of May 2026 Boston Service Worker with headline, "Service Workers Hit by 'Storm' of Government Cutbacks."

Newspaper

Read the real story of the conditions and organizing efforts of Boston’s low-paid workers.

Sponsors Guide

Support the businesses who support independent organization of and for low-income workers.

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Flyers, Posters & More

Design and distribute literature to expand community participation and support for ESWA’s efforts.

Photo of a variety of colorful flyers, posters, and an invitation card.
Photo of front page and first 2 inside pages of May 2026 BSW.

PUBLICATIONS

Eastern Service Workers Association

Boston Service Worker

The Boston Service Worker (BSW) is the publication of ESWA and the voice of service workers in Boston and the Greater Boston area. The BSW has consistently been a reliable source of news for ESWA members, volunteers, supporters and friends of service workers.

Publish

You can learn how to write, design and publish the BSW

Publicize

Volunteers assist with mailing and distributing the BSW through mailout sessions and outreach at grocery stores, farmers markets and college campuses

Win

With the support gained through the BSW, low-income workers own the ability to change their own conditions

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ TELLING THE TRUTH IN A CLIMATE OF DISINFORMATION ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

1000s

4x

of readers

editions per year

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YOU CAN:

  • Write for the Boston Service Worker

  • Volunteer your skills as a graphic designer, desktop publisher or photo editor

  • Contribute your skills as a photographer on organizational activities and events

  • Assist with your professional editing abilities

  • Be willing to learn one or all of the above skills from someone with more experience

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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

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⎯⎯⎯ Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
Malcolm X spent part of his formative years living in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.

If you don't like the news, ORGANIZE!

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If you don't like the news, ORGANIZE! 📰

Sponsors Guide


ESWA’s Sponsors Guide features businesses that have chosen to materially aid the self-help struggle of service workers and other low-income workers in the Greater Boston Area. ESWA distributes copies and encourages all members, volunteers and supporters to Shop Our Sponsors to demonstrate our appreciation for the donated supplies and services provided by the listed businesses, professionals and organizations.


Layered photos the front and back cover of the Sponsors Guide covering the inside pages of listings.

Create eye-catching flyers and posters


You can put your design skills to work by joining an ESWA publication session and producing flyers, posters and other literature that are tools in the hands of ESWA professional volunteer organizers on the streets.


Close-up photo of the tear sheet section of an ESWA flyer that reads, "YES, I want to join ESWA in the fight to end poverty" above checkboxes with a list of what volunteers can do.
Illustration of a crowd of volunteers in front of the Statue of Liberty, each holding up a rolled-up newspaper and clipboard.
Illustration of a crowd of volunteers in front of the Statue of Liberty, each holding up a rolled-up newspaper and clipboard.

Illustration by Chuck Pyle

Tell the story of Boston’s service workers

When six companies — Sony, Paramount Skydance, Comcast, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney — own 90% of the media, isn’t it about time the voice of service workers is heard? That is what the Boston Service Worker does for Boston’s service workers.

Illustration of a waitress with one hand holding up a tray of drinks and the other on her hip.
Illustration of a waitress with one hand holding up a tray of drinks and the other on her hip.

Illustration by Gabriel Lipper