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 […]
Read More >USDA provides grants to nonprofit to teach communities about co-ops
Northwest Cooperative Development Center has received three grants from the United States Department of Agriculture for its Legacy Project, which aims to assist in educating aging rural business owners in […]
Read More >A Worker Co-op Movement Emerges in Los Angeles
Collective Avenue Coffee is moving from pop-up to brick and mortar business as part of COOP LA, a 10-person collective venture of four co-located cooperative businesses. Along with the coffee […]
Read More >A New Push For Employee Ownership in Chicago
“These efforts are all driven by the notion that when employees, particularly disadvantaged populations, become owners of businesses, that will lift them out of poverty,” says Lane. “They’ll be given […]
Read More >What a ‘silver tsunami’ of retiring Baby Boomer business owners could mean for their workers
The new provision could also help address what has been called a “silver tsunami” of retiring Baby Boomer business owners. Much has been made of what that generation’s departure from […]
Read More >Time is ripe for employee ownership of small businesses (Commentary)
Eventually, good ideas are implemented once someone understands and believes in them. This is the scenario for the recent passage of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, which was signed […]
Read More >Why transforming the economy begins and ends with cooperation
by Esteban Kelly Cooperatives provide a sustainable and accountable way of providing goods and services—and they can help to transform our economies before it is too late. They promise a […]
Read More >The government just made it easier for workers to own a piece of their employer
Previously known as the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, the mandate was tacked on by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Her goal: Help more workers to own a piece […]
Read More >Employee-ownership option in national defense bill could give workers a share of their company
When it comes to capitalism, Republicans like it and Democrats like it when everyone gets a piece of the pie. The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, led by Sen. Kirsten […]
Read More >Main Street Employee Ownership Act Signed Into Law
ESOP and co-ops alike reward employees by sharing in the success of the company, creating an effective incentive for management and employees to perform well. Often, small businesses are the […]
Read More >USA passes new law to aid business transition to worker-ownership
Worker co-ops in the USA have welcomed the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, which improves access to capital and technical assistance for employee-owned businesses. Signed into law on 13 August, it is the […]
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The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives celebrates the passing of the first national legislation that focuses on worker cooperatives
As the national membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces, the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives applauds this bipartisan effort to improve small business loans and outreach for employee […]
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The 2016 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector is now available!
The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives is pleased to share this State of the Sector report, co-produced with our sister organization, the Democracy and Work Institute, covering research on worker-owned enterprises […]
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Workers to Owners: The Story of Metis Construction
Metis Construction of Seattle is making its employees owners as it grows, building ownership-quality construction jobs. One in three small business owners will retire in the next fifteen years. This […]
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Join the USFWC Board of Directors
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 Directors. On odd years, we […]
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USFWC speaks at press conference with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Nydia Velázquez
The House of Representatives passed the Main Street Employee Ownership act (HR 5236), now it’s on to the Senate! Our Executive Director Esteban Kelly participated in a press conference on […]
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Workers to Owners: The Story of A Yard and a Half
A Yard and a Half Landscaping employees bought the business from a retiring founder. Now it’s a thriving worker cooperative in Boston. One in three small business owners will retire […]
Read More >See you at Commonbound!
CommonBound 2018: Owning Our Power is coming up! We’re pumped to see many members and friends next week in St. Louis, to jam on how we can build the new […]
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