How-Tos and Help 

These educational resources are suggested materials for learning about worker cooperatives and putting into practice worker ownership and workplace democracy. All materials are approved by the USFWC Board of Directors to be accurate and informative.

STARTUPS
Worker Cooperative Toolbox [downloadable PDF, also available for download at the bottom of this page] by various authors and the Northcountry Cooperative Development Foundation

A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative - exactly what it says it is

Cooperative Toolboxes - a larger and more general set of resources for cooperatives, by various authors and the Northcountry Cooperative Development Foundation

Putting Democracy to Work by Frank T. Adams and Gary Hansen - 

Steps to Starting a Worker Cooperative [downloadable PDF, available at the bottom of this page] by Gary Hansen, E. Kim Coontz, and Audrey Malan 

CONVERSIONS
Converting Your Business to a Cooperative 

FINANCING
Common Wealth Revolving Loan Fund (PDF brochure)
Cooperative Fund of New England financing

For a list of financing institutions, please see our Resources and Contacts page. 

To ask for or offer help, please visit our Worker Cooperative Help Board.