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2021-2022 USFWC Annual Report
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News from the USFWC
USDA’s Interagency Working Group on Cooperatives discusses real estate cooperatives
Coming up on FRIDAY, 9/15 – the USDA’s Interagency Working …Los Angeles makes moves to create a Worker Ownership Initiative
On September 12, 2023, Supervisor Holly Mitchell motioned to launch …
Highlights from our Member Councils and Peer Networks – September 2023
Haga clic aquí para leer esta entrada en español Our Member …
UPCOMING EVENTS
| on Monday, September 25, 2023 | |
Worker Cooperative Startup Webinar | Webinar para Iniciar su Cooperativa on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | |
Racial & Economic Justice Council Meeting丨Reunión del Consejo de Justicia Racial y Económica on Wednesday, October 4, 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
Clintonville’s Pattycake Bakery Turns 20; Asuka Ramen Coming to Dublin
Will Anchor Brewing Workers Really Be Able to Buy the Historic San Francisco Company?
As the ‘silver tsunami’ hits small businesses, could worker co-ops be a solution?
Here’s how this New York City restaurant makes the cooperative business model work
US co-operative apex body NCBA CLUSA elects its board
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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.