List of worker cooperatives

This is a list of worker cooperatives by country.

Asia

India

• Indian Coffee House
• Kerala Dinesh Beedi
• Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
• Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society - A worker co-operative in the state of Kerala that builds infrastructure projects ^{[1] [2]}

Europe

France

• Motion Twin, video game studio

Germany

• control.alt.coop
• Cosmo Kurier
• Gärtnerei Ulenburg
• Holzverbindung
• iteratec nurdemteam
• Miraphone
• Reinblau
• Village One
• Die Werftgenossen
• Wigwam
• Zimmerei Grünspecht

Spain

• Danobat
• Embega
• Eroski
• Igalia
• Irizar
• Mondragon Corporation
• Orbea
• ULMA Group

United Kingdom

• AK Press
• Corporate Watch
• Daily Bread Co-operative
• Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative, Edinburgh
• Equal Exchange Trading
• Greencity Wholefoods
• John Lewis Partnership, nationwide
• Scott Bader
• Suma
• Swann Morton
• Unicorn Grocery, Manchester
• Veggies of Nottingham

North America

Canada

• Come As You Are, Toronto, Ontario
• Just Us!
• KO_OP

Mexico

• Pascual Boing
• Zapatista coffee cooperatives, Chiapas

United States

• AK Press, Chico, California ^[3]
• Alvarado Street Bakery, Petaluma, California
• Arizmendi Bakery
• Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat & Conference Center, Detroit, Oregon ^[4]
• Che Cafe
• Cheese Board Collective, Berkeley, California
• Citybikes Workers' Cooperative, Portland, Oregon
• Cooperative Care, Wisconsin ^[5]
• Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), Bronx, NY ^[6]
• Defector Media, New York City, New York
• Dollars and Sense, Boston, Massachusetts ^[7]
• East Harlem Cleaning LLC, New York City
• Equal Exchange, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts ^[8]
• Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland, Ohio
• Firestorm Books & Coffee
• Green Worker Cooperatives, the Bronx, New York
• Hard Times Café, Minneapolis, Minnesota ^[9]
• Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing, Madison, WI ^[10]
• Little Grill Collective, Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Lucy Parsons Center, Boston, Massachusetts ^[11]
• Maximum Fun, Los Angeles, California ^[12]
• Means TV, Detroit, Michigan
• Namaste Solar, Boulder, Colorado ^[13]
• New Era Windows, Chicago, Illinois ^[14]
• Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, San Francisco, California
• Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, Baltimore, Maryland ^[15]
• Select Machine, Inc., Kent, Ohio ^[16]
• Seward Community Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota ^[17]
• South Mountain Company, West Tisbury, MA ^[18]
• TESA Collective
• The Drivers Cooperative, New York City
• Weaver Street Market, North Carolina ^[19]
• Union Cab Cooperative, Madison, Wisconsin ^[20]

South America

Argentina

• Brukman factory
• FaSinPat

See also

• CICOPA
• List of cooperatives
• List of employee-owned companies
• United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives

References

1. "ULCCS". ULCCS. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
2. Williams, Michelle. "Uralungal: India's Oldest Worker Cooperative". The Wire. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. "Contact Us". Ak Press. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
4. "Breitenbush Hot Springs - Contact Info". Breitenbush.com. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
5. "Worker Cooperatives". UW Center for Cooperatives.
6. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
7. "Donate to Dollars & Sense | Dollars & Sense". Dollarsandsense.org. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
8. "Equal Exchange - Worker Owned". Equalexchange.coop. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
9. Douty, Thomas (February 21, 2000). "Tough Times at Hard Times Cafe". The Minnesota Daily.
10. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
11. "Lucy Parsons Center". Lucyparsons.org. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
12. "Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker owned co-op". Tech Crunch. March 20, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
13. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
14. Flanders, Laura (July 4, 2012). "Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation". The Nation.
15. "Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse : About : support". Redemmas.org. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
16. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
17. Rowe, Claudia (April 24, 2013). "From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism". Yes! Magazine.
18. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
19. "Examples of Worker Cooperatives". Democracy at Work Institute.
20. "Worker Cooperatives". UW Center for Cooperatives.

External links

• Find a Coop online searchable database
• For a comprehensive list of UK cooperatives, see the directory of Co-operatives UK.