Webinar Resources: CA Entity Options for Worker Cooperatives

Posted by 6017.60sc on January 25, 2021

On January 25th, 2021, our Director of Economic Democracy, Ricardo Nuñez, provided an introduction to what legal entities are and the pros and cons of choosing one legal entity over another for California based worker cooperatives. Below, you'll find the recording and follow up resources that we shared with attendees.

First, I wanted to give another shout out to the City of Berkeley for funding this presentation and to Kieron Slaughter, Chief Community Development Officer at the City of Berkeley's Office of Economic Development, for showing up and giving some very useful and useable information on how the City of Berkeley is supporting the growth of worker cooperatives in Berkeley and beyond! Thank you!

Second, you'll find the recording and a list of resources below that I mentioned on the webinar.

Here's the slide deck, if that's useful for you. Almost all of the Law Center's resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), except where otherwise noted, so feel free to remix and use as long as you attribute and share-alike!
Want to dive deeper into your specific legal questions? RSVP for an upcoming Resilient Communities Legal Cafe! We host them virtually thrice per month with experienced legal professionals and cooperative technical assistance providers.
Check out Co-opLaw.org, an online legal resource library supporting democratic, worker-owned businesses from the Sustainable Economies Law Center and our friends and comrades across the country. Looking for legal resources, including template bylaws and operating agreements? Search Co-opLaw.org!
- Here's a link to our Think Outside the Boss manual. Find the "28 Questions to Ask an Attorney" in there!
- Here's a link to our Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions.
- Here's a link to our Capital Raising for Worker Cooperatives: Using the Community Investor Provision memo here.

Looking for business, policy, and other resources for your worker cooperative? Check out the Democracy at Work Institute, ensuring that worker cooperative development in economically and socially marginalized communities is adequately supported, effective, and strategically directed.
Want to connect with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives - the only national business association of worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces - and its members? Find out how to join their Slack space here!
Looking for business support for your potential cooperative conversion? Check out Project Equity and their resources, like free 30 minute consultations!
Not enough resources for you? Check many of my favorite, go-to resources for worker cooperatives, democratic organizations, and worker self-directed nonprofits here.