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Bay Area BlueprintCreating Pathways to Ownership for Low and Moderate Income Workers in the Inner East Bay
Info Session
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Bay Area BlueprintOverviewThis pilot run of the Worker Coop Academy is one component of the Bay Area Blueprint for Increasing Worker Ownership, a year-long effort that started in April 2014. The Blueprint is creating actionable feasibility studies and pilots across three pathways to increase worker ownership for LMI workers:
1. Cooperative start up and growth assistance through education, business coaching, and legal advice (Worker Coop Academy);
2. Incubating or accelerating scalable cooperatives; and 3. Converting existing businesses to worker ownership.
During the pilot year, we are also designing a course at Laney College. After evaluating the Pilot, the Worker Coop Academy may become an ongoing program, potentially housed at Laney or a community organization.
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Worker Ownership’s benefits to society What does the research say?
All citations available in Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale
Better jobs 158% increase in member incomes at WAGES coops
Lower turnover 15% at Cooperative Home Care Associates vs. 40-60% industry-wide
More efficient Coops in plywood industry were 6-14% more efficient
Higher survival rates 65% of Canadian coops survived 5 years vs. 40-50% of comparable businesses
civic engagement Citizens with employee stock ownership vote more: 73% voted in 2008 vs. 63% of non-owners
Citations available in Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale (download at www.project-equity.org).
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Worker Coop Academy Overview
The Worker Coop Academy aims to assist the formation and expansion of worker-owned businesses that will provide good jobs for Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) workers.
During Phase 1 (Sept. to Dec. 2014), the Academy will provide a customized educational program tailored to your team’s needs, including workshops on essential topics for starting or growing a successful worker-owned cooperative business. Topic areas include: business fundamentals, people & culture, cooperatives, governance & management, and legal aspects.
During Phase 2, the Academy will provide individualized business coaching and legal counsel, for a subset of Phase 1 participants.
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1. Objectives
2. Participant Profile
4. Curriculum Framework 3. Outreach &
Selection Process
5. Instructor & Mentor
Profile
Worker Coop AcademyDesign Framework
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• Expose low- to moderate-income community members in the Inner East Bay to the cooperative business model
– 120-160 people participate outreach activities
• Help 3-5 worker coops launch or grow
– 5-7 teams of 3 people– 15-20 participants total
Worker Coop Academy 1. Objectives
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Worker Coop Academy 2. Participant Profile
• Individuals directly engaged with creating or growing worker-owned cooperative businesses– Startup: Founders of new worker cooperatives that are already operating or
plan to open in 2014 or 2015.– Expand: Members of existing worker coops that seek to grow. – Convert: Owners and employees looking to transition to worker ownership. – Develop: Staff of nonprofits or other organizations that are developing
worker coops that are already operating or that will open in late 2014 or 2015
• Teams with strong potential for short-term business success & job creation for low- to moderate-income workers – Planned or existing coops committed to growth– Highly likely to transfer Academy training to new job creation (business
launch or growth) in 2014 or 2015
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Worker Coop Academy 3. Outreach & Selection Process
• June 11th – August 1st: Teams submit applications • Teams that get their application in by July 11th will have their
applications reviewed first • Rolling applications accepted through midnight on August 1st
• July 21st – August 8th: Team interviews – If you are invited for an interview, we will contact you in
advance to request additional information about scheduling needs and program interests
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Worker Coop Academy 3. Outreach & Selection Process, continued
• August 15th – August 29th: Participants selected and invited to participate – We will hold follow-up conversations with finalists to
discuss tailored program design for each team.
• August 15th – September 8th: Participants commit to program
• Between September 15th and October 1st: Worker Coop Academy begins
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Worker Coop Academy4. Curriculum Framework
• The curriculum framework is designed to offer both a shared experience for the whole cohort and a customized program for each team.
• We will work with each team to determine its customized program.
• Some workshops may be optional.• Total formal classroom time for each team is estimated at
30 hours over the 3 month period.
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:Business
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Business feasibility and planning• Business model and strategy• Marketing • Business financing • Financial planning and management• Growth planning• Surplus, profits and taxation of
cooperatives • Balancing business and social goals
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:People & Culture
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Constructive communication • Self management • Conflict management • Hiring, firing and evaluating
employees, candidates for membership and worker-owners
• Employee Worker-owner transition• Building a healthy organizational
culture for the long haul
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:Cooperatives
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Cooperative principles • History of coops in the United
States and around the world• Site visits to Bay Area coops
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:Governance and Management
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Management models, roles and processes
• Governance options • Leadership issues in coops• Decision making practices• Effective meeting practices
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:Legal aspects
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Entity formation • Raising capital• Corporate governance• Employment law issues• Taxation of cooperatives
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Worker Coop Academy 4. Curriculum Framework
Content Area:Coop Development
Menu of topics, adaptable to participants’ needs
• Development process from feasibility to maturity
• Pro’s and con’s of different development models
• Components of a development process: training, TA, management, governance, etc.
• Roles of developer and coop
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For more information, visit SELC’s website: www.theselc.org/worker-cooperative-academy
A project of the Blueprint Collaborative