WORKER LINKS
Industrial Cooperative Association Group (ICA)
http://www.ica-group.org/
The ICA Group is a national not-for-profit organization which seeks to create and save jobs through the development and strengthening of employee-owned cooperatives and community-based projects.
National Center for Employee Ownership
http://www.nceo.org/
The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as a source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), equity compensation plans such as stock options, and ownership culture.
CoopZone (Canadian)
http://www.coopzone.coop/buyout_guides
Guides drafted in spring 2009 for union-led conversions to worker co-ops from other business forms, by the Western Labour-Worker Coop Council.
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NOBAWC)
http://www.nobawc.org/
NoBAWC is dedicated to helping build the worker cooperative movement in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. To realize this, NoBAWC provides support for members, develops new worker cooperatives and offers assistance to those developing worker cooperatives, and promotes worker cooperatives in the community.
Arizmendi Bakery
http://www.arizmendibakery.com/
Arizmendi Bakery is a worker-owned cooperative specializing in morning pastries, artisan breads and gourmet pizza.
The Cheeseboard Collective
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
The Cheeseboard Collective is a collective of about 30 members. Everyone who works at the Cheese Board is a member of the collective with equal decision making power. There is no boss, manager, or non-owner worker. Everyone makes the same hourly wage.
Mandela Foods Cooperative
www.mandelafoods.com/
Mandela Foods Cooperative will be a locally-owned and operated full-service grocery store and nutrition education center located in West Oakland, a community long underserved in grocery retail.
Design Action
http://www.designaction.org
Design Action Collective is an independent design and communications spin-off of Inkworks Press Collective.
Inkworks Press
http://www.inkworkspress.org/
Inkworks formed in 1974 as a worker managed, union printshop. We provide high quality offset printing at affordable prices and offer discounts for peace and social justice organizations.
Programmer Co-ops Mailing List
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/programmercoops/
The Programmer Cooperatives group is for professional programmers who are members of a programmer worker cooperative or who would like to join or create one.
U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
http://www.usworker.coop/front
The mission of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is to create stable and empowering jobs and worker-ownership through the development of a thriving cooperative movement. We advance worker-owned, -managed, and -governed workplaces through cooperative education, advocacy and development.
Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES)
http://www.wagescooperatives.org
WAGES' mission is to build worker-owned green businesses that create healthy, dignified jobs for low-income women. In our network of eco-friendly housecleaning cooperatives, women develop personal and professional skills, become leaders, and gain economic security.
Worker Co-op Mailing List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/workercoop/
This email list is a project of the USFWC. The mission of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is to create stable and empowering jobs and worker-ownership through the development of a thriving cooperative movement. We advance worker-owned, -managed, and -governed workplaces through cooperative education, advocacy and development.
Worker Owned Co-ops Mailing List
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/workerownedcoop/
This group is an open forum about worker cooperatives. Its purpose is to discuss the worker cooperative as a practical alternative to employment in the corporate world; to provide a place where people interested in worker coops can network and find partners with whom to start a coop; and as a place where business ideas for coops can be discussed and coop founders can get feedback on their ideas.
http://www.ica-group.org/
The ICA Group is a national not-for-profit organization which seeks to create and save jobs through the development and strengthening of employee-owned cooperatives and community-based projects.
National Center for Employee Ownership
http://www.nceo.org/
The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is a private, nonprofit membership and research organization that serves as a source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), equity compensation plans such as stock options, and ownership culture.
CoopZone (Canadian)
http://www.coopzone.coop/buyout_guides
Guides drafted in spring 2009 for union-led conversions to worker co-ops from other business forms, by the Western Labour-Worker Coop Council.
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NOBAWC)
http://www.nobawc.org/
NoBAWC is dedicated to helping build the worker cooperative movement in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. To realize this, NoBAWC provides support for members, develops new worker cooperatives and offers assistance to those developing worker cooperatives, and promotes worker cooperatives in the community.
Arizmendi Bakery
http://www.arizmendibakery.com/
Arizmendi Bakery is a worker-owned cooperative specializing in morning pastries, artisan breads and gourmet pizza.
The Cheeseboard Collective
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
The Cheeseboard Collective is a collective of about 30 members. Everyone who works at the Cheese Board is a member of the collective with equal decision making power. There is no boss, manager, or non-owner worker. Everyone makes the same hourly wage.
Mandela Foods Cooperative
www.mandelafoods.com/
Mandela Foods Cooperative will be a locally-owned and operated full-service grocery store and nutrition education center located in West Oakland, a community long underserved in grocery retail.
Design Action
http://www.designaction.org
Design Action Collective is an independent design and communications spin-off of Inkworks Press Collective.
Inkworks Press
http://www.inkworkspress.org/
Inkworks formed in 1974 as a worker managed, union printshop. We provide high quality offset printing at affordable prices and offer discounts for peace and social justice organizations.
Programmer Co-ops Mailing List
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/programmercoops/
The Programmer Cooperatives group is for professional programmers who are members of a programmer worker cooperative or who would like to join or create one.
U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
http://www.usworker.coop/front
The mission of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is to create stable and empowering jobs and worker-ownership through the development of a thriving cooperative movement. We advance worker-owned, -managed, and -governed workplaces through cooperative education, advocacy and development.
Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES)
http://www.wagescooperatives.org
WAGES' mission is to build worker-owned green businesses that create healthy, dignified jobs for low-income women. In our network of eco-friendly housecleaning cooperatives, women develop personal and professional skills, become leaders, and gain economic security.
Worker Co-op Mailing List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/workercoop/
This email list is a project of the USFWC. The mission of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is to create stable and empowering jobs and worker-ownership through the development of a thriving cooperative movement. We advance worker-owned, -managed, and -governed workplaces through cooperative education, advocacy and development.
Worker Owned Co-ops Mailing List
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/workerownedcoop/
This group is an open forum about worker cooperatives. Its purpose is to discuss the worker cooperative as a practical alternative to employment in the corporate world; to provide a place where people interested in worker coops can network and find partners with whom to start a coop; and as a place where business ideas for coops can be discussed and coop founders can get feedback on their ideas.