Meetings and Consensus
Year:
2009
Tips for effective meetings and consensus decision-making. Thanks to USFWC member, South Mountain Company, for this resource.
How-To Guide
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.
Conversion Brochure (OEOC)
Author(s):
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
A 2-page brochure with basic information about converting your business to a worker cooperaive.
28 preguntas: ¿Estas pensando en empezar una cooperativa de trabajadores? Unas preguntas para revisar antes de reunirse con un abogado
Author(s):
Jenny Kassan
Year:
2013
¿Estas pensando en empezar una cooperativa de trabajadores? Unas preguntas para revisar antes de reunirse con un abogado.
Recursos para desarrollar cooperativas sin fines de lucro (V0.5)
Author(s):
Demcracy at Work Network
Year:
2013
CONTENIDO:
Recursos
- Estudio de caso sobre el desarrollo de cooperativas de trabajadores
- Un Ejemplo de Cronograma del Desarrollo de una Cooperativa
Evalúan su Capacidad
- Hoja de Trabajo: Modelo para desarrollar tu cooperative
- Hoja de Trabajo: Su Organizacion y la Nueva Cooperativa
- Hoja de Trabajo: Habilidades para el negocio: ?Tienen lo que necesitan?
- Hoja de Trabajo: Envuesta de necesidades
- Hoja de Trabajo: Cronograma de Desarrollo
"El Proceso Legal Para Iniciar Tu Negocio Cooperativa"
Author(s):
East Bay Community Law Clinic, Sustainable Economies Law Center
Year:
2013
¿Qué son las cooperativas de trabajadores? Las cooperativas de trabajadores son entidades de negocio que están (1) en posesión de los trabajadores, (2) gobernadas por los trabajadores, y (3) operadas por y para el beneficio de los trabajadores. Puesto que las cooperativas son propiedad y están controladas por y para los empleados que trabajan allá, son operadas diferentemente de las empresas tradicionales en unos aspectos clave
Small Business Ownership Succession: The Cooperative Solution
Author(s):
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation
A sale to employees can provide an owner with significant tax breaks. Because of the IRC §1042 Capital Gains Rollover, business owners who sell at least 30% of the stock in their
C-Corporation to an employee-owned cooperative can roll over the proceeds from the sale into qualified replacement securities and defer payment of any capital gains tax indefinitely.
Indivisible Reserves: unallocated equity as a way co-ops can help fortify their future
Author(s):
Bruce Reynolds
Year:
2013
One practice in particular deserves more attention in the United States cooperative community: the use of indivisible reserves (IR). The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) specifies IR as a component of its 3rd cooperative principle: “member economic
participation.” This co-op principle addresses several financial policies,
including allocation of surpluses or residual earnings. A few alternative uses
of surpluses are recommended, such as distribution of member dividends and
“….setting up reserves, part of which, at least, would be indivisible” (ICA).
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