Authors: Cheese Board Collective Staff
Adams, Frank T., and Gary B. Hansen.
Putting Democracy to Work: A Practical Guide for Starting and Managing Worker-Owned Businesses.
Revised ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1992.
Honigsberg, Peter Jan; Bernard Kamoroff; and Jim Beatty.
We Own It: Starting and Managing Cooperatives & Employee-Owned Ventures.
Revised ed. Laytonville, Calif.: Bell Springs Publishers, 1991.
Jackall, Robert. “Paradoxes of Collective Work: A Study of the Cheese Board, Berkeley, California.” Williams College, 1977. (Later published in
Worker Cooperatives in America
. Robert Jackall and Henry M. Levin, eds. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1984.)
Association of Arizmendi Cooperatives
733 Baker Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel: 415-346-5779
A mutually supporting association of cooperative bakeries.
Center for Democratic Solutions
733 Baker Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel: 415-346-5779
Email:
[email protected]
Educational, legal, and consulting services for worker cooperatives, primarily those in the San Francisco Bay Area. Maintains a lending library of publications, videos, and other information related to worker cooperatives.
CooperationWorks
P.O. Box 527, Dayton, WY 82836
Tel: 307-655-9162; Fax: 307-655-3785
Email:
[email protected]
Training for cooperative developers and people wishing to become cooperative developers.
The International Cooperative Alliance
15, Route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (+41) 022 929 88 88; Fax: (+41) 022 798 41 22
Email:
[email protected]
;
www.coop.org
An international organization that promotes workers’ democracy and provides information and links to other sites.
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa
A website that will introduce you to the world of the Mondragón Cooperative, with information about its history.
The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)
1736 Franklin Street, 8th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: 510-208-1300; Fax: 510-272-9510
Email:
[email protected]
;
www.nceo.org
A national organization devoted to employee ownership. It provides information on employee stock ownership plans, publishes articles, holds conferences, and provides links to other sites.
National Cooperative Business Association/ Cooperative Development Foundation
1401 New York Avenue NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-638-6222;
www.ncba.coop
A national cooperative trade association and foundation serving a range of cooperatives, including worker cooperatives.
The Network of Bay Area Worker Collectives (NOBAWC)
Tel: 510-549-1514
Email:
[email protected]
;
www.bapd.org/gne-es-1.html
A website with links to many cooperative organizations.
University of California Center for Cooperatives
University of California, One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: 530-752-2408; Fax: 530-752-5451
Email:
[email protected]
An informative educational site about cooperatives, with research publications for sale, newsletters, events, and links.
Western Worker Cooperative Conference
733 Baker Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel: 415-775-0124
An annual conference for worker-owned businesses.