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Take action now to advocate for equitable co-op financing
By Dec 19, tell SBA and the Treasury Department to ensure co-ops have access to finance options.
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A look at 2022: What we accomplished together
As 2022 closes, we’re reflecting on the ways our national organization has made the worker co-op movement in the U.S. stronger for a more just and sustainable future this year.
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The Worker Co-op State of the Sector Report
is available now!Covering two years of business progress, this report on worker-owned and democratic workplaces in the United States.
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Support the worker co-op movement -- become a sustainer of the USFWC
Become a sustainer or increase your monthly gift by $5 and receive a "Think Outside the Boss" bandana from worker co-op Worx Printing!
News from the USFWC
USFWC starts 2023 with all-POC Board of Directors
Para leer esta entrada en español haga clic aquí It’s a …
Tell SBA to support co-ops through their loan guarantee programs!
The federal government is currently updating regulations for programs across …
Acknowledging Anna Boyer, USFWC’s Longest-Serving Board Member
For 12 years, Anna provided balanced leadership to the USFWC …
UPCOMING EVENTS
Worker Cooperative Startup Webinar | Webinar para Iniciar su Cooperativa on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | |
Taxes for LLC Cooperatives丨Prepare su Cooperativa LLC para Declarar Impuestos on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 | |
Worker Cooperative Startup Webinar | Webinar para Iniciar su Cooperativa on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 |
The only grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces
As a grassroots member-led movement, our membership is our power and our strength.
The USFWC welcomes membership from worker cooperatives, other democratic workplaces, cooperative developers, and allied organizations.
WHAT WE DO
Technical Assistance
The USFWC Co-op Clinic has a network of peer advisors, all with strong social and professional ties, who provide technical assistance services to worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces.
Advocacy
The USFWC represents the interests of worker cooperatives with federal agencies and elected officials. In addition, our staff and Board support national, state, and local advocacy initiatives.
Health
Healthcare is a human right. The USFWC explores ways to effect systematic change for small businesses everywhere, while also offering a robust Worker Benefits program to provide more affordable health benefits to our members.
Education and Engagement
The USFWC provides education about the worker co-ops and convenes cooperators through our Member Councils and Peer Networks.
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"The worker-owned Defector, at a year old, has over 40,000 paying subscribers and $3.2M in revenue."
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"Worker cooperatives can be part of the solution in building a working class and the middle class in this country."
Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)
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"The company’s focus on a healthy work culture, as emphasized in a cooperative, really aligned with my own values"
Casey Nakamura, SymbiOp
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"Working Class Desire Is For More Control And Even To Own The Place You Work"
The Drivers Cooperative Co-Founder Erik Forman
Worker Co-ops in the News
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How Small Community Investors Helped Get a Boston Food Co-op Off the Ground
Worker’s Tap Has the City’s Best Activist Library on Its Top Floor
Inside the Brooklyn Packers’ Vision for a Community-Based Micro Food Hub
How a Worker-Owned Business Model in Spain Is Keeping Inequality in Check
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Member Highlight
Rainbow Grocery
A worker-owned grocery story in San Francisco’s Mission District, offering organic and locally sourced products. Rainbow Grocery is also a resource for our community to exchange information about the health and sustainability of the foods we eat.
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Member Highlight
Opportunity Threads
Worker-owners at Opportunity Threads, an industrial-scale custom sewing and fabric recycling worker co-op, are keeping the Southern textile economy local and environmentally sustainable. They form part of a network of cooperatives developed by the Industrial Commons in North Carolina.
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Member Highlight
Politics Rewired
Politics Rewired is a technology worker cooperative that builds and supports digital organizing platforms, freeing organizers to build power efficiently and democratically, based in Brooklyn, New York.