JOIN THE USFWC BOARD

Each year, USFWC members elect candidates to the Board of Directors. On odd years, we hold an election for our At-Large Directors, and on even years, we elect our Regional Representatives, who advocate for the co-ops in their area.

In 2023, we are recruiting candidates to run for five at-large director seats.

Know a great candidate? Recommend them!

If you are part of a USFWC member organization, you can recommend any number of people to run for the board. Use this form to recommend a candidate – or ten!

Why run for the board?

Be a key part of building the worker co-op movement in this country.
Network with other co-op and economic justice organizations.
Travel to local, regional, national worker cooperative conferences.
Represent the US at the international worker co-op federation, CICOPA
General Assembly and as part of international delegations
Board members are not compensated for their time, but USFWC does cover expenses incurred in the course of regular board service, such as travel.

Questions? For more info, contact membership [at] usworker.coop

Overview & Candidate Eligibility

USFWC is led by a member-elected Board of between 5 and 9 directors.
There are 4 regional representatives (elected in years ending in even numbers) and up to 5 At-Large representatives (elected in years ending in odd numbers)
Voting member classes include: Worker Cooperative, Democratic Workplace, Cooperative Developer, and Federation Partners. More about all member classes available here.
Any worker-owner of a voting member workplace may run for the Board, with support from their workplace (or employee in the case of Democratic Workplace, Coop Developer and Federation Partner members).
Before they run, a candidate’s workplace must have been a USFWC member for at least one year.
At-large candidates can run from any voting member workplace and are voted on by the entire membership.
The candidate can speak Spanish or English – our board is a bilingual space.
Only one person can run per member workplace.
If you have concerns about travel due to immigration status or other reasons, our staff will work with you to address needs.

Board Commitment

Board terms are two (2) years from date of election.
Attend our annual 2-day, in-person Board retreat (tentatively scheduled for the Fall/Winter)
Participate in monthly 2-hour Board meeting via conference call, plus preparation time.
Participate in at least one Board committee (2 - 6 hours work per month).
Attend and participate in annual membership meetings and national conferences.

Timeline