RESOURCES
COOPS, ORGANIZATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives:
http://www.usworker.coop
California Center for Cooperative Development:
http://www.cccd.coop/http://cccd.coop
/publications/
The Labor Council of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives:
http://unioncoops.wikispaces.com
National Cooperative Business Association:
http://www.ncba.coop/
Arizmendi Association of Bakeries:
http://arizmendi.coop
http://arizmendibakery.com
http://arizmendi-bakery.com/
http://cheeseboardcollective.coop/
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives:
http://nobawc.org/
UC Cooperative Extension:
http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/cooperatives
/whatis.html
Mondragón Cooperative Corporation:
http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/language/en-US/ENG.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mondragon_Corporation
The Co-operative Group:
http://www.co-operative.coop/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group
International Cooperative Alliance for the Americas:
http://www.aciamericas.coop/?lang=en
International Cooperative Alliance (Worldwide):
http://www.ica.coop/al-ica/
Global 300 and Developing 300 database (not just Worker Cooperatives):
http://www.global300.coop/Default.aspx
http://www.global300.coop/ Global300List.aspx
http://www.global300.coop/ Developing300List.aspx
American Worker Cooperatives:
http://american.coop/ Fabulous Resource!
UC Davis Co-op Extension:
http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/cooperatives
OCCUPY WALL STREET STARTED ONE BACK IN NOVEMBER CALLED OCCUCOPY AND BOTH OCCUPY SAN FRANCISCO AND OCCUPY OC ARE SETTING UP CREDIT UNIONS.
MISCELLANEOUS
Cooperative Teach-In:
http://teach-in.coop/
Tool Box for Education:
http://toolboxfored.org/
Survey, statistics, charts, etc…(Canadian) – not just worker cooperatives:
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2011-11-15-BALTAA11ReportBCCoopSurvival.pdf
UN Year of Cooperatives:
http://social.un.org/coopsyear/
ONLINE RESOURCES ON FORMING A WORKER COOP
How to start a worker cooperative:
http://www.usworker.coop/education
Steps to starting a worker cooperative:
http://cccd.coop/files/Steps%20to% 20Starting%20a%20Worker%
20Coop.pdf
http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/cooperatives/
TEN STEPS TO STARTING A BUSINESS:
http://www.sba.gov/content/follow-these-steps-starting-business
ARTICLES
The Evergreen Coop Model (GEO Article):
http://www.geo.coop/node/515
The Economist:
Evergreen Cooperative initiative:
Apollo Alliance LOW:
The Nation
RICHMOND COOPERATIVE LOAN FUND:
http://richmondcooploans.net/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhY_UTwpatk&feature=youtu.be
WITH THE MAYOR OF RICHMOND CA
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Writings by John Curl:
- For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative movements and Communalism in America
- History of Work Cooperation in America
- Living In The U.X.A
- The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America by Lawrence Goodwyn
- Coop Made in USA: Worker-owned and consumer coops in the USA a dossier prepared by Enrico Massetti
FILMS & VIDEOS
TED Talk Ted Howard Evergreen Cooperatives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlm0WFglgA8
International Cooperative Alliance (Worldwide):
http://www.ica.coop/al-ica/
WE THE OWNERS (film trailer):
http://www.wetheowners.com/the-film.html
SHIFT CHANGE (the film):
http://shiftchange.org/
THE TAKE – The story of Argentina’s occupied and recovered workplaces:
http://thetake.org/
Watch online:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-take/
WATCH THE MOVIE: INSIDE JOB:
http://vimeo.com/54817244
The Mondragon Experiment:
1980 BBC Documentary on Mondragon
Think Outside the Boss Workshop:
part 1: 1980 BBC Documentary on Mondragon
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9xgIfAuKLU&feature=channel&list=UL
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtqkR916HA&feature=relmfu
part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8YSenNoKIU&feature=relmfu
part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXMy5GL8dE&feature=relmfu
part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUBrxzNXdk&feature=relmfu
part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftVaamCof4&feature=relmfu
THIS WAY OUT video – A Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative from Mighty Small Films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0g4Z8hhqDg&feature=youtu.be
Evergreen Project in Cleveland Evergreen video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt_ZHUDhKjs
TEDx Talk on the Cleveland model:
http://tedxcle.com/talks/2011/
ted_howard.html
TEDx Talk — Andrew Stachiw and Brian Van Slyke: Corporations Cause the Problems, Cooperatives Create the Solutions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFtt1_Kf9wc&utm_source=buffer
&buffer_share=c0144
“24/7 Democracy: Living AND Working Coop” trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/JJNoire
Italy’s Emilia Romagna RegionJohn Restakis, Exec Dir of British Columbia Cooperative Assn’s talk on the Emilia Romagna coop region in May:
http://youtu.be/bPpLaLcqz7E
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/
bologna.html
http://auspace.athabascau.ca/bitstream/
2149/1111/1/Emilia_Romagna_Model.pdf