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Worker co-ops are owned and governed by their employees. You'll find them across numerous industries, including child care, food service, technology and manufacturing. In addition to providing meaningful jobs and asset-building opportunities for workers of all income levels, worker co-ops support movements for economic justice and social change. As institutions where real democracy is practiced on a day-to-day basis, they are a model for the empowerment necessary to create change.

Woodshanti

Woodshanti is a worker-owned wood design cooperative in San Francisco.

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Woodshanti

Kind of Co-op: worker, other

Green Worker Cooperatives

Green Worker Cooperatives is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx

Kind of Co-op: worker, other

Equal Exchange

Equal Exchange is a worker-owned trade cooperative that sells fairly traded coffees, teas, chocolates and snacks from small farmer cooperatives.

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Equal Exchange

Kind of Co-op: worker, food brand