Advocacy Alert: California Worker Coop Policy Info Session
Channel: SustainableEconomies LawCenter
Date: 2015-03-10

On March 3rd, 2015, the Sustainable Economies Law Center, the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, the East Bay Community Law Center, and the Democracy at Work Institute hosted an informational session and discussion about the innovative policy changes being offered to the 2015 legislative session for the State of California regarding worker cooperatives! If enacted, these policy changes will affect cooperative enterprises across California.

WHAT: Info session & discussion with USFWC members about a California state bill being introduced in 2015 designed to: 

- Update the existing California Cooperative statute to support the establishment & growth of worker coops
- Remove barriers to starting & operating a worker coop
- Make information about worker cooperative business model publicly available

The session was facilitated by Amy Johnson, co-Executive Director of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and Dilini Lankachandra of the East Bay Community Law Center.