This Co-op Conversation contextualizes the recent surge of unionized worker co-ops, or “union co-ops,” in the United States within the structural aims and orientations of the respective movements.
For women such as Cristina Vilanculos, 40, a mother of three and a Real Reciclagem cooperative member since 2024, the cooperative model represents a way to escape extreme poverty when opportunities are scarce.
Ever dreamed about starting your own business with like-minded creators? A worker cooperative is a business that is owned and controlled by its workers. It is an underused model in the cultural industry that channels the creative power and freedom of the workers to build a world grounded in solidarity. Join us in this discussion on how Creative Workers Cooperatives function and how you can make one too!
Paul Kahawatte - an experienced mediator working with communities, cooperatives, and social movements - shares the structures and processes he uses to ward off conflict, catch it early, and resolve it in ways that strengthen, rather than fracture.
Today, the ULCCS is Asia’s largest workers’ cooperative, and it was ranked second in the 2021 World Cooperative Monitor list of industry and utilities cooperatives.
