Links & Resources
Links
U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
National Cooperative Business Association
National Center for Employee Ownership
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
*See also: Cooperative Development Centers in many states
Books
Adams, Frank T. and Gary B. Hansen, Putting Democracy to Work: A Practical Guide for Starting and Managing Worker-Owned Businesses, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1992
Cheney, George, Values at Work: Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon, Cornell University press, 1999
MacLeod, Greg, From Mondragon to America: Experiments in Community Economic Development, University College of Cape Breton Press, 1997
Restakis, John, Humanizing the Economy: Cooperatives in the Age of Capital, New Society Publishers, 2010
Rosen, Corey, John Case and Martin Staubus, Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business, Harvard Business School Press, 2005
Sounds like it will be a great film http://www.american.coop, or American Worker Cooperative, is another good resource to learn about the U.S. Worker Cooperative Movement.
The 2-DVD set “This Way Out: A Guide For Starting A Worker Cooperative” is done, and reviews back so far of the preview copies I sent out are glowing. Trying to get this out quickly, so the current step is to figure out the feasibility of getting a desired Spanish voice over translation track done expeditiously. Below is the Disc/Track list and on screen interviewees list.
“THIS WAY OUT: A GUIDE TO STARTING A WORKER COOPERATIVE”
2 disc set, 248 minutes total
Producer/Camera/Edit: Jai Jai Noire
Geared to small start up’s (10 or less people) with little, or limited, access to capital. On the DVD delivering the info: Quilted, Box Dog Bikes, Co-Soap, Tech Collective, Electric Embers, Design Action Collective, Cheeseboard, Eco Care, Arizmendi, Bio Fuel Oasis, Mandela Foods, A Taste of Denmark, Other Avenue Natural Foods, Neil Heflan (attorney), Van P. Baldwin (attorney/CPA), Melissa Hoover (USFWC), Gary Bell (CEO, Cooperative Federal Credit Union), Jenny Kassan (Attorney), Kim Coontz (Calif Center Coop. Development), with a special appearance by Jim Hightower (author, commentator)
“THIS WAY OUT: A GUIDE TO STARTING A WORKER COOPERATIVE”
2 disc set, 248 minutes total
Track list:
Disc 1
1-Disclaimer :23
2-Intro 1:26
3-Intro to Coop Principles 6:46
4-Intro to By-Laws 13:48
5-Choosing A Legal Entity 13:32
6-Subordination Of Capital, Democracy, Patronage 3:17
7-SubChapter T 2:13
8-DBA, Business License, EIN, Permits, Zoning 11:13
9-State Filings 2:17
10-Funding Your Coop 30:05
11-How They Met 4:59
12-The Importance of Meetings 4:34
13-Hiring & Training 20:40
14-Unions & Coops 2:37
15-Resource List for Small Start-Up’s 3:30
16-Credits & Thanks You’s 1:15
TRT: 123 mins
Disc 2
Disclaimer :23
Bookkeeping Crash Course 30:26
Communication & Process 42:36
Advice for StartUp’s 14:02
Credits & Thanks You’s 1:15
Meet & Greet 37:26
TRT: 125 mins