Last week we bade farewell to our Quaker Voluntary Service fellow, Liz Anderson. Over the last year, Liz has been instrumental in building the capacity of the USFWC, heading our newly […]
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Member Spotlight: Mandela Foods Cooperative
This week we’re in Oakland, CA visiting members in around the Bay Area. Here’s a look into Mandela Food Co-op, a worker-owned grocery store in West Oakland. Mandela, which opened […]
Read More >Our Roundup of the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
Last weekend we were excited to spend time with cooperators from all over the east (and beyond!) at ECWD in NYC. It was a full weekend, hosting sessions on a […]
Read More >Now Available: 2017 Worker Co-op & Democratic Workplace Directory, our 2015-2016 Annual Report, and our Spring Newsletter
Published this month we have our Spring/Summer Newsletter downloadable here in both English and Spanish. 2017 Spring Newsletter EN 2017 Spring Newsletter ES We also have released our […]
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Virtual Town hall with 2017 Candidates
[vimeo 220360139 w=640 h=289] Virtual Town Hall from U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops on Vimeo. This is a virtual opportunity to meet our nominated candidates. This video features: Maru Bautista, Pablo Benson-Silva, […]
Read More >May 2017 Policy Webinar
United in Advocacy: How We’re Organizing for Worker Co-ops from U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops on Vimeo.
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6 May Day Actions in the Worker Co-op Community
Workers are organizing have been for months for this particular Monday and for decades to protect workers rights. The USFWC is proud that our members, our allies, and our team […]
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2017 California Co-op Conference
On April 28 & 29 in San Francisco is the 2017 California Co-op Conference! It celebrates cooperatives by sharing successes and providing you with the most effective ways you can help strengthen your cooperative […]
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In Memory of Frank Adams
Honoring of Frank Adams 1934-2017 The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives and the Democracy at Work Institute deeply mourn the passing of Frank Adams. Frank was a tremendously influential worker […]
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New Members
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS! The Peoples Gardening Collective The former employees of City People’s Landscaping, will be organizing as a worker cooperative, just as the business was originally founded. […]
Read More >Member Highlight: Maharlika Cleaning Cooperative
Why did you become a worker co-op? Maharlika Cleaning Cooperative is the first worker cooperative of Filipina domestic workers in the US, predominantly human trafficking survivors. We organized as an […]
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Cleaning Co-op Development Intensive
Our Members Teamworks Development Institute are putting on an intensive 3 day gather for Cleaning co-ops. Check out their site to register. The Intensive is for everyone involved in planning, […]
Read More >Worker Cooperatives Can Be Wealth Builders
“In this context, financial empowerment is about a transformative process to give people more agency over their finances, their job, their career and their business,” adds Hammer. “That sort of […]
Read More >Regarding this election: we hear you, we understand, and we are with you.
[Continúa la Versión en Español] Dear worker cooperative members, supporters and allies, We’ve heard from so many of you how this election is terrifying, and want to open by saying […]
Read More >USFWC da la bienvenida a nuevos miembros en 2016
La US Federation of Worker Cooperatives está creciendo Nuestra red está creciendo, nuestros nuevos miembros tienen una variedad en términos de misión, objetivos, y se encuentran a lo largo de […]
Read More >Welcome to our newest members!
The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives is growing Our network is growing our newest members have a variety of missions, goals, and are spread across the US. We invite you […]
Read More >Dental Update
Hello Cooperators! We have had an amazing response from everyone for our dental plan. Lots of questions have been raised and answered. But to give more time to deliberation in […]
Read More >Cuba 2016 Webinar
A fascinating “experiment” is underway just 90 miles from the coast of Florida. In 2014, the Cuban government created a provisional mechanism for the first privately owned businesses in its […]
Read More >Webinar en Español 10/19 ¡Beneficios de la Federación : Seguro Dental para tí! [en español]
Estamos muy emocionados por echar a andar nuestro plan de beneficios dentales para nuestros miembros. El costo es mucho mejor y más barato y accesible entre todos juntos. Queremos que […]
Read More >October is Co-op Month!
This month we are celebrating Co-op Month! In October we are raising awareness of the more than 40,000 Cooperative businesses in the United States. These cooperatives generate $514 billion in […]
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