Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar on why we need models for economic development that build community wealth and community control, in response to a question from Esteban Kelly of the […]
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Recording | Co-op Clinic: Get your worker co-op ready for tax season
It’s tax time – where do we start? This webinar will help businesses to navigate tax season, with an emphasis on the particular needs for worker cooperatives when doing their […]
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VIDEO – Co-op Hour: Worker Co-op Farms
Co-op Hour is the USFWC’s online, interactive gathering dedicated to exploring a specific topic within the worker cooperative movement, featuring worker-owners and experts in the field. This Co-op Hour features […]
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Webinar: USFWC – Working for the Worker Co-op Movement
Learn about the USFWC’s grassroots organizing work, and how it is making the most of this pivotal moment in the history of the movement. Hear about our wide array of […]
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ECWD Press: Fighting Apartheid By Taking Ownership of Land and Time
City residents are fighting a history of exploitation through collective ownership of food, labor, and land, showing that another world is possible. Read more on The Real News Network
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Recording | Co-op Clinic: A Roadmap for Conversions
This webinar is presented through our Co-op Clinic program Watch this recording featuring Jim Johnson, one of our experienced Co-op Clinic Advisors, for a workshop on co-op conversions – during […]
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Webinar: Worker Coops: Organizing & Self Determination for Social Movements | Cooperativas de Trabajadorxs: Organización y Auto-Determinación para los Movimientos Sociales
This session is presented in English and Spanish. Este webinar se presentó en inglés y español. Para español, continue hacia abajo Worker cooperatives are a fundamental piece of building equity and […]
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Webinar: USFWC Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities
This session is presented in English. Este webinar se presentó en inglés. USFWC Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities is a fundamental board training that covers the governance obligations and fiduciary […]
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Webinar Recording: How to work with Small Business Development Centers
The USFWC Policy and Advocacy Council hosts quarterly public webinars on current topics. This quarter, we are focused on the resources you need to communicate with your local small business […]
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Remaking the Economy: The Critical Role of Advocacy
Watch our Executive Director in this new video from Nonprofit Quarterly. What can and should be done to make public policy more conducive to a more democratic economy? That is the […]
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Co-ops: A vision for workers to be their own bosses
Las Visionarias is an all-female catering cooperative in Chicago where workers are also the owners of the business and share in its profits. Created by the Chicago Reporter
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Co-op Hour Conversions to the Worker Co-op Business Model
Co-op Hour is the USFWC’s bi-monthly online, interactive gathering dedicated to exploring a specific topic within the worker cooperative movement, featuring worker-owners and experts in the field. This video […]
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Webinar: Solidarity is a Verb: Why Worker Cooperatives Should Build Connections to Social Justice Movements | La solidaridad es un verbo
This session is presented in English and Spanish. Este webinar se presentó en inglés y español. Solidarity is a Verb: Why Worker Cooperatives Should Build Connections to Social Justice Movements […]
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Webinar: All About the Workers: the first national study of the worker co-op experience
Watch This Webinar “I am living my full purpose in my work. I feel a deep sense of camaraderie with my co-workers. I feel agency without the overwhelm of total responsibility. […]
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Access to Capital: Borrowing Options for Worker Co-ops
Hear from a panel of cooperative lenders about the finance options you have access to as coops and as members. Guest Presenters include: The Working World, Kiva, The […]
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Webinar: A Historic Moment: Celebrating the Passage of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act
Recorded on 08-27-2018 The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Democracy at Work Institute are thrilled to announce that the Main Street Employee Ownership Act was signed into law on […]
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#WCNC18 Plenary: Shaping the Future of Work
Speakers: Jenny Ramirez, HR Director for California Harvesters, an employee trust farm labor company in California’s Central Valley Tomás Durán, President of Concerned Capital in Los Angeles, which works to […]
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#WCNC18 Plenary: Cooperative Connections to Movements
Speakers: Amit Mistry, The Movement Cooperative Lolita Andrada Lledo, Pilipino Workers Center Manuel Villanueva, ROC-LA Kim Gibson, Buffalo SEIU Flor Rodriguez, CLEAN Carwash Worker Center Worker ownership is a […]
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#WCNC18 Plenary: Stories that Move Us: How Worker Co-ops Are Organizing Our Economic Power
Speakers: Eulalio Guevara, A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative Rebecca Koehler, Cooperative Care Adrionna Fike, Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) Worker owners will share their stories of […]
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