Co-ops are businesses owned and governed by their members. Co-ops can form as start-ups or by converting from an existing small business. Co-ops fall into a few general categories. Consumer […]
Read More >July 2020
Recording: Doing Well By Doing Good in Business: From COVID19 Crisis to Community Wealth-Building
This panel including Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, Jamila Medley of USFWC member the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, Beth McConnell of the PA Community Development Center and hosted by PA Representative Chris […]
Read More >The Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might Succeed
For the past five years, the media industry has been on a unionizing spree. This wave of worker empowerment—combined with the industry’s regular waves of layoffs, folding publications, and management […]
Read More >The Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might Succeed
For the past five years, the media industry has been on a unionizing spree. This wave of worker empowerment—combined with the industry’s regular waves of layoffs, folding publications, and management […]
Read More >FREE Registration is now open for The Worker Co-op Conference, September 10-11
Para español, haga clic aquí 2020 is a year that demands action. We have seen cooperators meet this moment of economic, health, and social crisis head-on—prioritizing worker and community needs, […]
Read More >Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs
A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 The road to economic recovery should not be across women’s backs. COVID-19, and the measures being implemented to contain it, are deeply affecting […]
Read More >Nominations are open for the USFWC Regional Board Directors
Para español, haga clic aquí Did you know that the USFWC board strategically represents regions across the country? Each year, the USFWC hosts an annual election for the Board of […]
Read More >Recording | Understanding healthcare options for your co-op
Para español, continue hacia abajo. Slide deck here About the webinar: We’re introducing new options in the worker benefits program to make it easier for worker coops to access health […]
Read More >Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy
Greater community control over local economies can help to stave off the predators that—as we learned during the 2008 crisis—start to circle the most marginalized populations when disaster strikes. Co-ownership […]
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