Resources
Local legal advice for Worker Cooperatives
Sustainable Economies Law Center
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Clinics and workshops are open to the general public. You can find a description of services, the attorney matching eligibility criteria, and applications for legal assistance here.
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
NoBAWC is a regional network connected to national and international organizations of worker cooperatives and the world cooperative movement. Each of these has a wealth of information and resources about worker cooperatives and the movement on their web site.
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International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
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International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers’ Co-operatives (CICOPA)
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US Federation of Workers Cooperatives
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Democracy at Work Institute https://institute.coop/
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Worker Cooperative Regional Networks
NoBAWC is a regional network of worker cooperatives. There are several other U.S. regional networks:
NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC)
http://www.nycworker.coop/#categories
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA)
Worker-Owned and Run Cooperative Network of Greater Boston (WORC’N)
Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC) (Northampton, MA)
Madison Worker Cooperatives (MADWorC), Madison, WI
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Worker Cooperative Conferences
The western and eastern US have biannual worker cooperative conferences:
Worker Cooperative National Conference
Western Worker Cooperative Conference (WWCC)
Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD)
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VIDEOS ON COOPS FROM JAIJAI NOIRE: 140 videos, with more uploaded regularly, on worker cooperatives and housing cooperatives. Interviews, conference classes and keynote addresses plus videos from cooperative events
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Information on the California Cooperative Act (AB816)
Sushil Jacobs Presentation on AB816 for NoBAWC Jan 2016
Information on AB816 at the Sustainable Economies Law Center‘s website: http://www.theselc.org/ca-worker-cooperative-act