Sign the Pledge here In 2025, the USFWC membership voted unanimously to endorse labor neutrality as a standard for the cooperative sector. (Read the resolution here.) Labor neutrality is when […]
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2025 Union Co-op Symposium, Honoring the Year of the Cooperative
The 7th Union Co-op Symposium, Honoring the Year of the Cooperative October 17–18, 2025 | Cincinnati, Ohio Theme: From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Building a Stronger Community In a moment when […]
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Union Co-ops gain momentum at the 2022 Labor Notes Conference
At the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Rosemont, Illinois, worker cooperators gathered with 4,000 labor union members and activists from across the country to help unite the rising cooperative and […]
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Co-ops and Labor Unions Work Hand in Hand: USFWC Supports REI Workers’ Right to Unionize
The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives celebrates the workers at the REI co-op location in New York City who have announced their intention to form a union with the Retail […]
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The USFWC Supports Downtown Crenshaw Rising in its bid to purchase the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza Mall
As the national grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces in the U.S., we know that economic anchors such as the former Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza Mall are key […]
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Statement on Developing Worker Cooperatives in Unionized Workplaces
Para español, haga click aquí In this statement on developing worker cooperatives in unionized workplaces, the Union Coops Council affirms the council’s work of creating a strong relationship between […]
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Why Worker Co-ops Should Matter to Labor Unions
The first of 2021’s bimonthly Union Co-ops Council public spaces to discuss the need for collaboration between the worker cooperative movement and labor unions. In this session, we will […]
Read More >Unions Stole The Show At Last Night’s GDC Awards
“It is time, more than time, we as an industry left behind the idea that our work is made better by our pain—that the price of passion is exploitation, that […]
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Union Co-ops Council September 2019 Update
The Union Co-ops Council met on Friday, September 13th for our regular monthly meeting. As usual, we had a strong group of attendees from across the country — here’s a […]
Read More >Workers Economy Encuentro- Nov. 8-10 in Mexico City
The Workers Economy network is a global network of unions, labor studies centers, cooperatives, activists, and other organizations focused on building worker control. They convene periodic international and regional gatherings. […]
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