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The Worker Co-op State of the Sector Report
is available now!Covering two years of business progress, this report on worker-owned and democratic workplaces in the United States.
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Save the Date for the
Worker Co-op Conference
September 9-10 | Philadelphia
News from the USFWC
Apply now for the 2022-2023 Worker Ownership State Advocacy Fellowship
The Worker Ownership State Advocacy Fellowship (WOSA) is a program …Sign on to Support the California Employee Ownership Act!
Arial Guarco re-elected President of the ICA at the General Assembly in Seville
A new Board of Director was also elected The members …
UPCOMING EVENTS
| on Thursday, July 7, 2022 | |
Worker Cooperative Startup Webinar | Webinar para Iniciar su Cooperativa on Friday, July 8, 2022 | |
Peer Network: Tech Worker Co-ops | Red: Cooperativas de Trabajadores de Tecnología on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
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
Worker Retention in Homecare: Could Cooperatives Be the Solution?
Worker Co-ops In DC Provide Mutual Aid to Stranded Asylum-Seekers
Brightly, first U.S. franchised immigrant co-op, expands in New York and Philadelphia
Labor secretary meets with companies to bolster job quality as a record number of Americans quit
What If We Owned It?
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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.