Worker Cooperatives

A short film about the Up & Go cooperative home-cleaning app that is co-owned by three worker co-ops in New York City.

A co-founder of Means TV answers questions about their worker co-op.

Sarah Eppley checks in with Lauren Karaffa of the Brighter Days Collective in Washington D.C.

Matthew Epperson of the Georgia Cooperative Development Center checks-in about how things are going during the pandemic.

Mica Fisher checks in from NYC to talk about how the coronavirus is effecting things there.

Tim Huet discusses the Arizmendi model of worker cooperative.

David Hincapie of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) discusses the process for cooperatives to apply for an economic injury disaster loan to survive and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rainbow Grocery Co-op worker-owner Gordon Edgar talks about life as an essential worker after San Francisco announced a Shelter in Place order due to COVID-19

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 Democracy at Work Institute and U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, drawing upon the latest developments in the field, and deepens our understanding of the sector.

Seven thing the author learned about the principle of the Sovereignty of Labor while visiting the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in the fall of 2019.