About
This page is about the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Click here to learn more about Worker Cooperatives in general.
The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is a national grassroots membership organization of and for worker cooperatives, other democratic workplaces, and the organizations that support the growth and continued development of worker cooperatives. We were founded in 2004, the result of several years of organizing on the part of worker cooperatives and regional groups from around the country. Our members are workplaces of all sizes and a broad variety of industries, from across the country, and our member workplaces comprise more than 1300 individual workers.
The USFWC connects its members to each other and to cooperative support organizations. The organization provides technical assistance and resources to its members and the public, puts on public educational events like conferences and workshops, publishes a quarterly newsletter, maintains libraries and databases of resources both physical and online, and initiates projects to benefit its members and the larger worker cooperative community.
We have a member-elected board of directors, and a part-time staff consisting of an Executive Director and a Membership Coordinator.
USFWC Board of Directors 2011-2012
Yilda Campos, Treasurer
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative
Aaron Dawson
Equal Exchange
Ben Mauer
Quilted
Rebecca Kemble, President
Union Cab Cooperative of Madison
David Smathers Moore
TeamWorks
Scott Crow
Ecology-Action Texas
Anna Boyer
C4 Tech
Staff
Melissa Hoover, Executive Director
Stephanie Neely, Membership Coordinator