Sample Worker Cooperative Bylaws
Year:
2013
Don't start from scratch. Sample worker cooperative bylaws in word doc form for you to edit for your own cooperative.
Resource Library
The Democracy at Work Institute is building a comprehensive Resource Library that will include a wide range of materials, including academic papers, start-up toolkits, curriculum samples, actual documents from existing worker cooperatives, and more. The topic list below provides a map of the resources that will be available. We are also continuing to publish additional resources on a daily basis.
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Choice of Legal Entity - Chart
Author(s):
Adapted from TheMoneyAlert.com
Year:
2011
A chart to assist with selecting the most appropriate legal entity for your worker cooperative. Compares: Sole Proprietor, C-Corp, S-Corp, Limited Liability Company (LLC), and Cooperative Corporation.
28 questions to ask before meeting the lawyer
Author(s):
Jenny Kassan
Year:
2012
28 essential questions for any start-up to ask - and try to answer - before meeting with a lawyer.
The Worker Co-operative Code
Year:
2012
Worker Coop 101 pamphlet.
Written by Co-operatives UK’s Worker Co-operative Council. Dedicated to people around the world who are taking ownership and control of their working lives.
Preliminary Census of Worker Cooperatives in the United States
Author(s):
Melissa Hoover, with support from Logan Harris and Amy Johnson
Year:
2012
The purpose of this study is to get as current and accurate a count as possible of the worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces in the United States. Some previous counts were done in the 2000s, and most recently the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives' study of the economic impact of cooperatives included worker cooperatives. But there were issues with all of these studies, and moreover none of them gathered data on longevity.