Running a small business has always come with a large dollop of risk, but the global pandemic has forced the majority of owners to doubt the very survival of their […]
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Pandemic Crash Shows Worker Co-ops Are More Resilient Than Traditional Business
“It does the opposite of what a traditional firm does,” says Esteban Kelly, executive director of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, an organization supporting the worker cooperative movement, and […]
Read More >Non-SBA Resources for Hustlers — a Running List.
If you, your nonprofit, or your business have been negatively impacted by the EIDL & PPP programs running dry or those programs have otherwise not worked for you, please see […]
Read More >Co-ops publish solidarity statements in response to the death of George Floyd
A number of co-operatives and co-operative apex bodies have pledged to fight discrimination and injustice
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Recording | Co-op Clinic: Bylaws: Shaping and understanding your worker co-op’s governance
How do we set up governance documents for our worker co-ops that reflect our co-op’s values, are understandable and also hold up as a legal document? In this webinar we […]
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Video: Learn the latest on the State of Worker Co-ops in the U.S.
Covering six years of business progress, the 2019 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector is a report on worker-owned business in the United States. This report is a co-production of […]
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LIFT Ranks Among Top 20 B Corps Worldwide!
USFWC member LIFT Economy just completed recertifying as a B Corporation, earning 154.7 points. This puts LIFT Economy among the top 20 highest scoring B Corps in the world. Cheers to […]
Read More >Building a Worker Co-op Ecosystem: Lessons from the Big Apple
What if a nonprofit wrote a report and city policy actually changed as a result? Truth is, reports by nonprofits that advocate policy changes are written all the time, but […]
Read More >Unions Stole The Show At Last Night’s GDC Awards
“It is time, more than time, we as an industry left behind the idea that our work is made better by our pain—that the price of passion is exploitation, that […]
Read More >John McNamara Responds: New Belgium Brewery Goes Flat
I’ve been wondering when the craft beer market would begin consolidating. A few years ago, shockwaves went through the Cascadia craft beer community when 10 Barrels sold to Anheuser-Busch Inv […]
Read More >Will Employee Ownership Decrease Wealth Inequality?
Employee ownership advocates maintain that if more citizens were owners of businesses, then wealth inequality, and perhaps income inequality, would decrease. Read more on Nonprofit Quarterly
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Our open letter of support for Chilean Workers / Carta de Solidaridad con el Pueblo Chileno
Para español, continue hacia abajo On behalf of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives we want to express our heartfelt solidarity with the Chilean people and with TRASOL – […]
Read More >Equal Exchange to Buy City Feed, Create Worker-Owned Co-op Under Proposed Deal
A proposed deal would transfer City Feed and Supply’s alcohol license to Equal Exchange, which would also purchase both locations of the popular neighborhood market. Read more on Jamaica Plain […]
Read More >Two USFWC Members receive The Workers Lab 2019 Innovation Fund grant
Today, The Workers Lab announced the winners of its 2019 Innovation Fund, which provides $150,000 to innovators to test new ideas that will build power for workers: Migrant Justice / […]
Read More >This Trans-Owned Beauty Co-op Wants To Be A Safe Space For Latinx And LGBTQ Workers
It’s karaoke night at the LGBT Network’s communal meeting space, the Q-Center in Long Island City, Queens, but it takes more than Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” blasted through an office wall […]
Read More >Making a More Democratic Economy, One Revolving Loan Fund at a Time
If you want to apply for a loan from the City of Berkeley Loan Fund for small businesses, the first thing you need is a loan denial letter from a […]
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CICOPA Congress statement on peace in Northern Syria
CICOPA Congress statement on peace in Northern Syria Kigali, 13 October 2019 CICOPA, the International organisation of Cooperatives in Industry and Services, meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, on 13 October 2019 […]
Read More >For Co-op Conversions, It’s All in the Timing
There’s a lot of excitement nowadays about employee ownership conversions – turning established businesses into worker cooperatives or other kinds of employee-owned businesses. It’s a powerful strategy for creating good […]
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Recording | Co-op Clinic: A Roadmap for Conversions
This webinar is presented through our Co-op Clinic program Watch this recording featuring Jim Johnson, one of our experienced Co-op Clinic Advisors, for a workshop on co-op conversions – during […]
Read More >Why community-owned grocery stores like co-ops are the best recipe for revitalizing food deserts
The Mandela Co-op, which opened in a West Oakland, California, food desert in 2009, is a great example of this. The worker-owned grocery store focuses on purchasing from farmers and food […]
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