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 US FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES 

 

E-NEWS  

JUNE 2013  

 

 

In this Issue
Welcome USFWC Summer Fellows!
'Coops Jobs Act' Introduced
New Worker Coop Seed Fund
Union-Coop Update
Worker Coop Conference Registrations Open
Coops in the News

Events & Jobs

 As always, USFWC keeps a running list of upcoming events and an active job board ~

EVENTS & CONFERENCES


Submissions 


Share your updates with the USFWC community!

Send your thoughts, updates, and co-op musings to:

membership@usworker.coop 
Hope everyone is enjoying the start of summer! 
 
Here's a little light reading on worker cooperative news and highlights from across the country. Enjoy!

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Welcome USFWC Summer Fellows!  

 

The USFWC is excited to welcome 6 AMAZING Summer Fellows! We received an incredible response to our search and selected 6 outstanding individuals to help the Federation execute several projects
- Read more about the Summer Fellows, their backgrounds, and the projects they're working on this summer. 

 

"Coop Jobs Act" Introduced in the House of Reps
 

  

Thanks to Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and the team at NCBA CLUSA, new legislation to promote and support worker cooperatives was just recently introduced. If passed, the "Coop Jobs Act" would create a national program within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide capital, training and other resources to foster member owned businesses. Read More...

  

Introducing the 
'Cooperative Green Seed Fund'

 

The Working World and Green Worker Cooperatives are excited to announce the launch of the Cooperative Green Seed Fund, a radical new way to finance the startup of socially and environmentally oriented worker-owned businesses in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Read more...

Union - Coop Update: An Interview with USW President Leo Gerard
 

  

Folks have been asking for an update on the Union - Coop Model being developed by the United Steelworkers and Mondragon. Here's an interview with USW President Leo Gerard. 

ECWD & WWCC
Conference Registrations Open!

 

With the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy just about a month away and the Western Workers Coop Conference planned for Sept 4-6, both are open for registration!

 

Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy ~ July 26 - 28, 2013 

 

(Special Note: ECWD is accepting nominations through July 1st for their Worker Cooperator of the Year Award - Details Here)

 

Western Worker Coop Conference ~ Sept 4-6, 2013  

  

 
Coops in the News ~ 
From the USFWC Facebook Archive

USFWC Summer Fellow, Maribel Falcon, is keeping the USFWC Facebook page active! Here are the most popular stories posted the past month:


"The Lumumba Economy" (Jackson, MS mayor-elect promotes cooperatives) 6/19/13



And several news stories about **NEW** worker coops starting in Lompoc CA, Boston MA, and success stories of conversions in Spain, Italy, Mexico