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Resources and Contacts
This page is provided for cooperators, journalists, students, educators and other people interested in direct contact with specialists in workplace democracy. The specialists included here will be individuals or organizations that the Board of Directors believes are experienced and/or educated enough to provide well-balanced and relevant answers to anyone's questions dealing with worker cooperatives and workplace democracy.
DEMOCRACY AT WORK DIRECTORY 2008 is now available. Please contact the USFWC office to request a hard copy.
Federations
NoBAWC
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (CA)
VAWC
Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (MA)
WWCC
Western Worker Cooperative Conference
ECWD
Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Assisting in the development of cooperatives and credit unions as a collective strategy to create economic self-sufficiency
CICOPA
International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers' Cooperatives
CWCF
Canadian Worker Co-op Federation
Support and Allied Organizations
NCBA
National Cooperative Business Association
CooperationWorks!
The only national training organization for cooperative developers.
THE ICA GROUP
Boston based organization working for development of employee-owned cooperatives
NCEO
The National Center for Employee Ownership
Cooperative Development Institute
The Northeast's nonprofit center for cooperative business education, training & technical assistance.
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
Non-profit organization that promotes employee ownership in the state of Ohio. Experience with conversions of conventional businesses to ESOPs and worker cooperatives.
Vermont Employee Ownership Center
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering employee ownership.
OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES
Maintains information regarding worker-ownership and ownership culture in an online resource
Praxis Consulting Group
Consulting services, experience with employee ownership.
DATA COMMONS PROJECT
A collaborative effort to develop an accurate, comprehensive, public database of cooperative economic initiatives in North America.
LaborFair.com
Find qualified and community-rated service providers for all sorts of household tasks.
IWW
The Industrial Workers of the World
Financial Institutions, Funders and Lenders
Worker Ownership Fund
National loan fund specifically for worker cooperatives
NCB
National Cooperative Bank
CFNE
The Cooperative Fund of New England
Coop Capital
The Cooperative Capital Fund of New England
NCDF
North Country Development Fund
LEAF
Boston based organization working for development of employee-owned cooperatives
NCEO
The National Center for Employee Ownership
Cooperative Development Institute
The Northeast's nonprofit center for cooperative business education, training & technical assistance.
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
Non-profit organization that promotes employee ownership in the state of Ohio. Experience with conversions of conventional businesses to ESOPs and worker cooperatives.
Vermont Employee Ownership Center
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering employee ownership.
OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES
Maintains information regarding worker-ownership and ownership culture in an online resource
Praxis Consulting Group
Consulting services, experience with employee ownership.
DATA COMMONS PROJECT
A collaborative effort to develop an accurate, comprehensive, public database of cooperative economic initiatives in North America.
LaborFair.com
Find qualified and community-rated service providers for all sorts of household tasks.
IWW
The Industrial Workers of the World
Financial Institutions, Funders and Lenders
Worker Ownership Fund
National loan fund specifically for worker cooperatives
NCB
National Cooperative Bank
CFNE
The Cooperative Fund of New England
Coop Capital
The Cooperative Capital Fund of New England
NCDF
North Country Development Fund
LEAF
Local Enterprise Assistance Fund: the only national fund that focuses its investment on worker cooperatives, in business since 1982.
Academic Centers
DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE
Engaged Scholarship & Informed Practice for a Democratic World
COMMUNITY-WEALTH.ORG
A resource on state-of-the-art strategies for democratic, community based economic development
UW CENTER FOR COOPERATIVES
University of Wisconsin Center For Cooperatives
OEOC Online Library
An online library with a variety of articles on worker ownership
Media & Blogs
GEO
Grassroots Economic Organizing
OURbiz
A bi-monthly weblog for worker-owners by worker-owners
Ecodema.org
Economic Democacy for the Americas
The Worker's Paradise
Blog of a worker-cooperator in Madison. WI
JASEcon
Just Alternatives for a Sustainable Economy
Abolish Human Rentals
Academic Centers
DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE
Engaged Scholarship & Informed Practice for a Democratic World
COMMUNITY-WEALTH.ORG
A resource on state-of-the-art strategies for democratic, community based economic development
UW CENTER FOR COOPERATIVES
University of Wisconsin Center For Cooperatives
OEOC Online Library
An online library with a variety of articles on worker ownership
Media & Blogs
GEO
Grassroots Economic Organizing
OURbiz
A bi-monthly weblog for worker-owners by worker-owners
Ecodema.org
Economic Democacy for the Americas
The Worker's Paradise
Blog of a worker-cooperator in Madison. WI
JASEcon
Just Alternatives for a Sustainable Economy
Abolish Human Rentals
