L.A. Co-op Lab

building & financing worker co-ops in L.A.

Inequality. Exclusion. Extraction.

racial divide & discrimination

concentration of ownership

no legacy or support system for

democratic economic alternatives

gig economy & underemployment

Worker Cooperative Support

education & training

non-extractive lending

technical assistance

targeting historically

excluded people

& communities

Build the Market

build critical mass

create a structure for

sustainability

pay-it-forward

possible technical

assistance cooperative

$

national peer network

deep local ties

financial cooperative

broad skills &

movement relationships

L.A. Co-op Lab’s Translocal Magic

trade tech

parties & events

social media

classes & workshops

growing L.A. network

Getting the Word Out…

Competition = Allies & Collaborators

National Local

The Working World

Democracy at Work Instit

Shared Capital Coop

ICA

Worker’s Lab

Start.coop

Collective Remake

LURN

L.A. Union Coop Initiative

Democracy @ Work

Tierra y Dignidad

Found for Ec Democracy

coming soon…

coordinator

apprentice

bookkeeping

services

core team

Karen, Yuki, Gilda

Team

referrals & recommendations are welcome

local

advisors

national

financial

cooperative

$

local

attorneys

education

development

financing

F/T Project StewardP/T Bookkeeper

Financial Plan

Year 1

2019

Year 2

2020

Year 3

2021

INCOME

EXPENSE

$75,000 90% Gift Capital

10% Fee-for-Service

P/T Coordinator Apprentice @ $25/hrWorkshop ExpensesHonoraria & TravelTraining & DevelopmentContract Bookkeeper & Attorneys

$100,000 80% Gift Capital

20% Fee-for-Service

75% Project Steward

$100,000 70% Gift Capital

30% Fee-for-Service

F/T Project StewardP/T Bookkeeper

Timeline

3 new co-ops + 3 new coops + 3 new coops org

reboot

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

t/a coop

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