United States

This document provides example bylaws for CALIFORNIA worker cooperative using a flat organizational structure.

This unit presents the basic principles of cooperatives for a classroom environment. Suitable for elementary or middle school.

This is a step by step guide to the fundamentals of starting a worker cooperative

This study highlights economic development cooperatives in California in an attempt to analyze the factors most influential in creating and sustaining ventures that are both economically viable and member-governed. It documents the goals of the founders and the members of California cooperatives in the service sector, and determines the extent to whcih the goals have been realized.

This report provides a detailed examination of the benefits received by departing employees of a company converted to 100% employee ownership either as an ESOP or a Co-op over a 15 year period. It also studies the net cash retained by the ESOP or Co-op firm over the same time-span. It discusss the some theoretical and practical implications related to the two forms of employee ownership.

This case study disccuses the 1042 rollover of Select Machines and the employee purchase of the company from its retiring owners. It compares and contrasts the creation of ESOPs with that of cooperatives using the 1042 rollover provision and provides an overview of a co-op business succession model

This guide provides a catalog of efforts made by local government institutions to support cooperative development in their regions

This book is an anthology of reports and papers from the 2007 U.S. Social Forum. It shares a wealth of new economic alternatives springing up in the USA and globally.

This brief article disccuses the role of cooperatives in fueling economic recovery and the importance of public policy in cultivating factors of success.

This proposal examines the problem of economic disparity facing the United States, and presents an option for reform based on employee ownership and incentive-based compensation. It also proposes a change in tax policy accordingly and examines the impact of the proposal on a few Fortune 500 firms.