List of worker cooperatives explained

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

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, ON
• Just Us!
• KO_OP

Mexico

• Pascual Boing
• Zapatista coffee cooperatives, Chiapas

United States

• AK Press, Chico, CA^[3]
• Alvarado Street Bakery, Petaluma, CA
• Arizmendi Bakery
• Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat & Conference Center, Detroit, OR^[4]
• Che Cafe
• Cheese Board Collective, Berkeley, CA
• Citybikes Workers' Cooperative, Portland, OR
• Defector Media, New York City, NY
• Dollars and Sense, Boston, MA^[5]
• East Harlem Cleaning LLC, New York City
• Equal Exchange, West Bridgewater, MA^[6]
• Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland, OH
• Firestorm Books & Coffee
• Green Worker Cooperatives, the Bronx, NY
• Hard Times Café, Minneapolis, MN^[7]
• Little Grill Collective, Harrisonburg, VA
• Lucy Parsons Center, Boston, MA^[8]
• Maximum Fun, Los Angeles, CA^[9]
• Means TV, Detroit, MI
• New Era Windows, Chicago, IL^[10]
• Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, San Francisco, CA
• Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, Baltimore, MD^[11]
• Seward Community Cafe, Minneapolis, MN^[12]
• TESA Collective
• The Drivers Cooperative, New York City
• Nebula, a video streaming provider owned by the creators^[13]

South America

Argentina

• Brukman factory
• FaSinPat

See also

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: ULCCS . ULCCS . 31 March 2020.
2. Web site: Williams . Michelle . Uralungal: India's Oldest Worker Cooperative . The Wire . 31 March 2020.
3. Web site: Contact Us . Ak Press . 2010-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613010238/http://akpress.org/contact . 2010-06-13 .
4. Web site: Breitenbush Hot Springs - Contact Info . Breitenbush.com . 2010-07-31.
5. Web site: Donate to Dollars & Sense | Dollars & Sense . Dollarsandsense.org . 2010-07-31.
6. Web site: Equal Exchange - Worker Owned . Equalexchange.coop . 2010-07-31.
7. News: Douty . Thomas . Tough Times at Hard Times Cafe . The Minnesota Daily . February 21, 2000.
8. Web site: Lucy Parsons Center . Lucyparsons.org . 2010-07-31.
9. Web site: Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker owned co-op . Tech Crunch . March 20, 2023 . April 2, 2023 .
10. News: Flanders. Laura. Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation. The Nation. July 4, 2012.
11. Web site: Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse : About : support . Redemmas.org . 2010-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100806114859/http://www.redemmas.org/section/about/support/ . 2010-08-06 . dead .
12. News: Rowe . Claudia . From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism . Yes! Magazine . April 24, 2013.
13. Web site: Thorn . Abigail . How to Go From YouTube to Hollywood . Youtube.com . Philosophy Tube . 17 February 2024.