Representative Monica McIver (D-NJ) of the House Small Business Committee, is expected to reintroduce the Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act today, October 16. The bill reflects longstanding priorities […]

The Union Co-op Council is recommending co-ops take a “labor neutrality” stance: committing to respect the rights of their workers to organize a labor union if they choose to. For […]

This post is written by Corey Reidy, Co-op Development Director at the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, a member of the USFWC. Co-op Month is here! On October 1, Grid Magazine […]

On September 4, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the FY 2025 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) Request for Applications (RFA). The program provides a total of $5.8 million […]

Five questions with “Worker Co-ops of the World Unite!” poster artist Camila Tapia In this blog, we share a short interview with Camila Tapia, the artist behind our new poster, […]

Funds for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program have not been released (typically applications open in early June).  This program is one of the main reasons the worker cooperative […]

In his piece for Nonprofit Quarterly, USFWC Executive Director Esteban Kelly lays out a strategy for how social and cooperative movements can invest in worker co-ops to build economic power. […]

The Department of Labor recently released a proposed rule which would permanently strip fair labor standards protections from home care workers, and is already taking actions to remove enforcement of […]

Cooperators are leveraging the U.N.’s spotlight on cooperatives to begin or expand regional commitment to worker cooperative enterprises. Olympia, WA has declared 2025 the Year of Cooperatives, joining three other […]

Registration is now open for the fall cohort of the Next Economy MBA, launching on September 30th, 2025! The Next Economy MBA is most impactful for: Current or aspiring entrepreneurs with […]