Cubriendo 10 años de avances empresariales, el Estado del Sector de las Cooperativas de Trabajadores y Lugares de Trabajo Democráticos es un reporte sobre los lugares de trabajo de propiedad colectiva y gestión democrática en los Estados Unidos y sus territorios. Esta investigación es una co-producción del Instituto de Democracia en el Trabajo y la Federación de Cooperativas de Trabajadores de E.E.U.U.. Se basa en los desarrollos más recientes del sector, recopilados en el Censo de Empresas Cooperativas de Trabajadores, y es una herramienta esencial para comprender este campo.

This Guide is for worker owners, cooperative developers, lawyers, technical assistance providers and others thinking about expanding worker cooperative businesses. We focus specifically on expansion through licensing and franchising. Licensing and franchising are ways to allow another business to use elements of your business. New businesses can grow using elements of your business, and together, you may be able to reach economies of scale.

Covering two years of business progress, the 2021 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector is a report on worker-owned and democratic workplaces in the United States. This report is a co-production of Democracy at Work Institute and the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. The report draws upon the latest developments in the field and deepens our understanding of the sector.

As a leading national technical assistance provider to new and established worker cooperatives, The ICA Group is frequently tasked with supporting worker-owners in drafting or revising their co-ops' bylaws or operating agreements. Through our practice, we have developed widely used template legal documents and facilitative processes to help worker-owners think through a variety of critical questions that can help ensure that these central legal documents create the framework for the successful operation of cooperative businesses that align with members' visions and values.

In 2021, California launched Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development (SEED), an innovative grant program fostering high-road business ownership opportunities for excluded workers (individuals who cannot access stable, gainful employment relationships and whose economic opportunities are severely constrained due to their immigration status or other significant barriers to employment).