Last week we bade farewell to our Quaker Voluntary Service fellow, Liz Anderson. Over the last year, Liz has been instrumental in building the capacity of the USFWC, heading our newly […]
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Check out this ECWD Video from New Glasses
Check out this video from the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy, featuring interviews with our Communications Director Mo Manklang and Executive Director Esteban Kelly. New Glasses is an innovative urban […]
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Member Spotlight: Mandela Foods Cooperative
This week we’re in Oakland, CA visiting members in around the Bay Area. Here’s a look into Mandela Food Co-op, a worker-owned grocery store in West Oakland. Mandela, which opened […]
Read More >May 2017 Policy Webinar
United in Advocacy: How We’re Organizing for Worker Co-ops from U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops on Vimeo.
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Webinar: Impact Investing in Worker Cooperatives
Recorded April 26, 2017 Worker cooperatives are a highly underrepresented business model that have tremendous positive impacts for employees, businesses and communities. This webinar is targeted for impact investors and others […]
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Maine lobstermen’s union votes to buy Hancock County lobster business
The Maine Lobstering Union voted Saturday to buy a wholesale lobster business near Mount Desert Island to help its fishermen net a bigger share of the profit in the booming, […]
Read More >Worker Cooperatives Can Be Wealth Builders
“In this context, financial empowerment is about a transformative process to give people more agency over their finances, their job, their career and their business,” adds Hammer. “That sort of […]
Read More >NCBA Announces Launch of Congressional Cooperatives Business Caucus
by National Cooperative Business Association , Jan. 5, 2016 (source: NCBA) NCBA CLUSA kicked off its 100th Anniversary at the National Press Club yesterday with the formal launch of the […]
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