List of worker cooperatives

This is a list of worker cooperatives by country.

Asia

India

  • Indian Coffee House
  • Kerala Dinesh Beedi
  • Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
  • Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society – A worker co-operative in the state of Kerala that builds infrastructure projects[1][2]

Europe

France

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

  • Come As You Are, Toronto, Ontario
  • Just Us!
  • KO_OP

Mexico

United States

  • AK Press, Chico, California[3]
  • Alvarado Street Bakery, Petaluma, California
  • Arizmendi Bakery
  • Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat & Conference Center, Detroit, Oregon[4]
  • Ché Café
  • Cheese Board Collective, Berkeley, California
  • Citybikes Workers' Cooperative, Portland, Oregon
  • Cooperative Care, Wisconsin[5]
  • Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), Bronx, New York[6]
  • Defector Media, New York City, New York
  • Dollars and Sense, Boston, Massachusetts[7]
  • East Harlem Cleaning LLC, New York City
  • Equal Exchange, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts[8]
  • Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Firestorm Books & Coffee
  • Green Worker Cooperatives, the Bronx, New York
  • Hard Times Café, Minneapolis, Minnesota[9]
  • Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing, Madison, Wisconsin[10]
  • Little Grill Collective, Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Lucy Parsons Center, Boston, Massachusetts[11]
  • Maximum Fun, Los Angeles, California[12]
  • Means TV, Detroit, Michigan
  • Namaste Solar, Boulder, Colorado[13]
  • New Era Windows, Chicago, Illinois[14]
  • New Prairie Construction, Urbana, Illinois[15]
  • Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, San Francisco, California
  • Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, Baltimore, Maryland[16]
  • Select Machine, Inc., Kent, Ohio[17]
  • Seward Community Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota[18]
  • South Mountain Company, West Tisbury, Massachusetts[19]
  • Sustainergy, Cincinnati, Ohio[20]
  • TESA Collective
  • The Drivers Cooperative, New York City
  • Weaver Street Market, North Carolina[21]
  • Union Cab Cooperative, Madison, Wisconsin[22]

South America

Argentina

See also

References

  1. ULCCS ULCCS, retrieved 31 March 2020^
  2. Michelle Williams. Uralungal: India's Oldest Worker Cooperative The Wire, retrieved 31 March 2020^
  3. Contact Us Ak Press, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  4. Breitenbush Hot Springs - Contact Info Breitenbush.com, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  5. Worker Cooperatives UW Center for Cooperatives^
  6. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  7. Donate to Dollars & Sense | Dollars & Sense Dollarsandsense.org, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  8. Equal Exchange - Worker Owned Equalexchange.coop, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  9. Thomas Douty. Tough Times at Hard Times Cafe The Minnesota Daily, February 21, 2000^
  10. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  11. Lucy Parsons Center Lucyparsons.org, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  12. Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker owned co-op Tech Crunch, March 20, 2023, retrieved April 2, 2023^
  13. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  14. Laura Flanders. Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation The Nation, July 4, 2012^
  15. History and Values - New Prairie Construction^
  16. Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse : About : support Redemmas.org, retrieved 2010-07-31^
  17. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  18. Claudia Rowe. From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism Yes! Magazine, April 24, 2013^
  19. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  20. Sustainergy Sustainergy, retrieved 2025-12-18^
  21. Examples of Worker Cooperatives Democracy at Work Institute^
  22. Worker Cooperatives UW Center for Cooperatives^