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Announcing the 2025 USFWC Board Elections Results
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Virtual workshop series for new and established co-ops
Special registration rates end Oct 15
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Support the worker co-op movement
The only grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces
Our mission is to build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses and their cooperative leaders to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.
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
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Technical Assistance
The Co-op Clinic is our technical assistance and training program providing culturally-affirming services to worker cooperatives and traditional businesses converting to worker-ownership.
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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.
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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.
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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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"I couldn’t believe I was somewhere where I was valued and that the work I was putting in actually mattered"
Emma Le, A Slice of New York Pizza
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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 physical nature of the work lends itself to goal-setting and tangible achievements, which I think provides a really strong foundation for humor, love, and genuine connection to shine through as we all build this business together."
Cam McCuskey, Root Volume
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"I believe in liberation and I think that business-as-usual operations don’t win toward liberation at all."
LaTierra Piphus, Womxnist Liberation Collaborative
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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
News from the USFWC
Support legislation to broaden access to key SBA lending programs
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Union Co-ops Council recommends co-ops take a “labor neutrality” stance
The Union Co-op Council is recommending co-ops take a “labor …
Welcome to Co-op Month – Check out this magazine dedicated to Philly Co-ops
This post is written by Corey Reidy, Co-op Development Director …
UPCOMING EVENTS
Co-op Clinic Virtual Workshop Series: Weathering the Storms | Superando las tormentas on Thursday, November 6, 2025 | |
Union Co-ops Council Meeting | Llamada Pública del Consejo de Cooperativas y Sindicatos on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | |
Cannabis Co-ops Peer Network | Reunión de la Red de Cooperativas de Cannabis on Thursday, November 20, 2025 |
Worker Co-ops in the News
Highlights from our Member Councils and Peer Networks – March 2025
Government Relations Panel: Strengthening Business and Entrepreneurship Through Worker Cooperatives
Worker co-ops: Own your digital marketing, build your client base
Making Cannabis Cooperative: community ownership and racial justice in the cannabis industry
NPQ: Co-op Federation Seeks to Shift Worker Co-op Movement into a Passing Gear
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Member Highlight
Quetzal Community Real Estate
In the midst of a nationwide affordable housing crisis, Quetzal Community Real Estate is demonstrating that the housing industry can deliver affordable housing, worker power, and democratic community control—by setting aside the traditional landlord-tenant roles and operating on a human-to-human level.
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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.