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==About==
A [[co-operative business]] is a particular type of [[co-operative organization]] that is intended to function as a business.
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==Related==
* [[co-operative businesses]]: directory
==Links== 
===Reference===
* {{wikipedia|cooperative}}: includes information about voluntary co-ops
===Projects===
''For a list of co-operative businesses, see [[co-operative businesses]].''
====United States====
* [http://www.veoc.org Vermont Employee Ownership Center]
* [http://m.nber.org//papers/w6118 Why are Worker Cooperatives So Rare?] "This paper argues that worker cooperatives are prone to redistribution among members, and that this redistribution distorts incentives."
* [http://www.usworker.coop/ US Federation of Worker Cooperatives]
** [http://www.usworker.coop/about/memberlist USFWC Members]
** [http://usworker.coop/education DEMOCRACY AT WORK INSTITUTE: Resource Library]
* [http://neweconomy.net/content/how-start-worker-co-op How To Start A Worker Co-op]: not sure where the actual information is
* [http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/stats/uscoopbus05.pdf Cooperative Businesses In the United States... A 2005 Snapshot] (PDF)
===News===
* '''2013-02-19''' [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/the-economy-under-new-ownership  The Economy: Under New Ownership] How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities. 
* '''2013-04-06''' [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15570-mexican-workers-win-ownership-of-tire-plant-with-three-year-strike Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant With Three-Year Strike] "Taking over their plant was not the workers’ idea. Continental Tire proposed to sell it to them—after the union backed management into a corner so tight the owners wanted nothing more to do with it. But to get to that point workers had to wage a three-year strike and what we in the U.S. call a “comprehensive campaign.” Workers say it was not just one tactic that won the day, but a combination of relentless pressures."
* '''2013-05-09''' [http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/9/chicago_workers_open_new_cooperatively_owned#en Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation]