Worker-Owned Cooperatives

Worker cooperatives are business entities that are owned and controlled by their members, the people who work in them. The two central characteristics of worker cooperatives are:

1. workers invest in and own the business and
2. decision-making is democratic, generally adhering to the principle of one worker-one vote.

Worker-owned and/or worker-managed cooperatives in Portland

• Citybikes
• Free Geek
• KBOO Radio (Collectively managed by "collective management body" comprised of staff, volunteers, board members and dues-paying members.)
• Red and Black Cafe