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Welcome to the 2nd Bay Area Worker Cooperative Conference!

PRESENTED BY:Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC).
LOCATION: La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley,CA 94705
COST: $40 per person (group discounts are available, space is limited) REGISTER HERE!

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Whether you're a worker in a NOBAWC member coop, wanting to start your own coop or are interested in what is a coop, then this conference is for you. Come learn about coops, issues coops face, and how to further the coop movement in the larger social justice movement.

Updates and Announcements

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE IS READY!
Click here for the schedule of workshops and the presenters.

COOPERATIVE FILM NIGHTS AT THE RED VIC COOPERATIVE MOVIE HOUSE!
Tues. Sept. 25: "Live Nude Girls Unite" (http://www.livenudegirlsunite.com/)+ LIVE Burlesque Show by the beauties of Lusty Lady Cooperative
BEER social before & after the film!!!

Weds. Sept. 26: A night of short films including:
1) Civilizing the Economy
2) Made In The USA: American Worker Cooperatives
3) Democracy in the Work Place: Three Worker-Owned Businesses in Action

When: September 25th and 26th, 8:00PM
Sliding Scale $8.50-20

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JOIN US ON A FUN BIKE RIDE TOURING BAY AREA COOPS!
Plus pizza at our favorite cheese cooperative in Berkeley... Read More here.



EXPLORE OUR WORKSHOPS LIST!
Workshop topics can be found here. Please continue to check back as we update the list of presenters and workshops.

REGISTRATION IS UP!
Register with our simple (yet functional) registration form here.

HELP US MAKE THIS CONFERENCE BE AWESOME!
Have a little time to spare? The conference committee can use all the help we can get. Contact us to volunteer.

 

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Keynote:
"Co*ops: Past, Present and Future" by Kim Coontz, CA. Center for Cooperative Development
 
Topics Include :
• Forming new coops, support networks
• Promoting Worker Co*ops
• Supporting Aging Workers in Our Co*ops
Co-op Bike Tour!!
A fun bike tour of some bay area coops happens SEPT. 28!
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About NoBAWC

The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives or NoBAWC (pronounced "no boss") is a grassroots organization of democratic workplaces dedicated to building workplace democracy in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
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