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News from the USFWC
Building our own doors (4 days left to double your impact)
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Highlights from our Member Councils and Peer Networks – December 2024
Our Member Councils and Peer Networks are shaping the future of the worker …
The presidential elections show the urgent need for an economic alternative. The worker co-op movement is building it.
Through a strong, national federation, we have the collective power …
UPCOMING EVENTS
Worker Cooperative Startup Webinar | Webinar para Iniciar su Cooperativa on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | |
| on Monday, January 13, 2025 | |
Webinar para Iniciar tu Cooperativa | Worker Co-op Startup Webinar on Monday, January 27, 2025 |
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 co-ops: Own your digital marketing, build your client base
Making Cannabis Cooperative: community ownership and racial justice in the cannabis industry
Highlights from our Member Councils and Peer Networks – June 2024
Worker-owner spotlight: Emma Le, A Slice of New York Pizza
When labor owns the capital: Employee ownership is gaining popularity
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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.