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| Company type | Cooperative federation |
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| Industry | Worker-owned enterprises |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Melissa Hoover, Executive Director[1] |
| Members | Worker cooperatives, co-operative developers, worker co-operative regional networks and individuals |
| Website | www |
The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) is the national grassroots membership organization representing worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces. Its mission is to build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses and to empower their cooperative leaders to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.[2] USFWC was founded in 2004 by few core co-op members in collaboration with co-op developers, scholars, community organizers, and supporters from the wider co-op sector.[2]
The Federation was sponsored by The Cooperative Foundation in addition to other cooperative support organizations. It was created partly in response to growing regional organizing among United States worker cooperatives and to foster the sharing of information and resources between national gatherings.[3][4]
- ^ Woo, Beadsie; Hoover, Melissa. To jumpstart US job market, turn workers into owners. The Christian Science Monitor. 11 Jan. 2010.
- ^ a b "About – U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives". www.usworker.coop. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ Introducing Green Worker Cooperatives. Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Sustainable Business. 17 June 2004.
- ^ "About – U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives". www.usworker.coop. Retrieved 2024-03-06.