Accountability, Stability, Fairness, Sustainability & Opportunity

You are the people you've been waiting for! 

We need to take action together and support each other to create positive change.  We are working to elevate the massage industry from the ground up, focusing on providing resources, new training for our workforce, and breaking new ground in elevating our massage-therapist employers.  We advocate, educate, and elevate by working on your behalf, supporting your efforts, and teaching you how to advocate for yourself. 

Beyond all the research, issue briefs, Reimagining a Sustainable Massage Industry, business consulting, mentorship, building industry partners, and everything else happening on the administrative side of USOLMT in building this organization, we've brought you:

• Nationwide news and information
• State Board Meeting Recaps
• Issue Briefs on the things You Care About
• Spoken at Board Meeting Calls to Public
• Secured unpaid funds for workers
• Educated You on the Organizing Process 
• Provided engagement opportunities
• Created contacts and partnerships with other nonprofits outside our industry to bring you better programs
• Made a ton of educational videos and content
• Provided Ic v/s W-2 tools
• Helped you deal with and find resources for modern disease prevention
• Stood up to bullying and harassment in our industry
• AND MORE! 

The best part is, we've done all that, and we're just getting started, so stay tuned!

• Employee-centric workplaces
• Cultures of Ownership
• Holding bad businesses accountable
• Student and employee rights
• Eliminating wage theft
• Separating massage from sex work and trafficking
• Regulations that promote ease of practice
• Reduction of regulatory fees
• Quality entry-level and continuing education
• Opportunities for low-income areas to receive massage therapy
• Opportunities to provide massage to underserved and underprivileged populations
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion displayed in massage therapy leadership
• Improvement to the working conditions of massage therapists
• Honesty, integrity and ethics in the business of Massage Therapy
• High health and safety standards including the prevention of infectious disease
• Your right to refuse service to anyone at any time
• Increased public education about massage therapy including government, media, and law-enforcement
• Leadership visibility and transparency
• Eliminating the misclassification of Independent Contractors
• Anti-bullying and harassment in our workplaces and community
• Science literacy, public health and vaccine education for all MTs
• Expanded business resources and education for all MTs
• Creating an overall massage therapy community and culture encompassing mentorship, support, recognition, and respect