The 2026 Worker Co-op Conference is in the books! The USFWC and DAWI hosted about 420 people from all parts of the United States in Boston on Sept 25th and […]

Each year, USFWC’s Worker Co-op Awards recognize a range of worker-owned businesses and cooperators who are making incredible impacts in their communities and the worker co-op sector. We recognized this […]

USFWC Member Councils organized educational sessions and panels, share-outs and celebrated achievements during the 2026 Worker Co-op Conference in Boston, MA – below are some highlights!   The Union Co-ops […]

This July, USFWC Co-op Clinic Training Manager Maureen Darras went on a 3,000 mile road trip to visit cooperatives and recounts what she learned! As I drove from New Mexico […]

Each year, worker co-ops and democratic workplace members of the USFWC nominate and vote to elect a new batch of leaders to the Board of Directors of our national network. […]

Childcare, eldercare, disabled care—the entire care sector in the United States is undergoing a “scissors” crisis: Demand is rising rapidly while supply is not only falling but also failing to […]

In 2022, Congress passed the Worker Ownership and Readiness and Knowledge Act, which authorized $50 million over five years to create the Employee Ownership Initiative within the Department of Labor […]

USFWC Co-op Clinic Training Manager Maureen Darras attended the South Central U.S. Cooperative Support Ecosystem Convening. Below, she shares reflections from the regional partnership:    The University of Texas Rio […]

The United Nations 2026 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convenes under the theme “Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.” […]

BALTIMORE, MD — On June 24th, Baltimore’s final fiscal year 2027 budget was approved by City Council—including, for the first time, money designated to support the conversion of businesses to […]