Spokane Workers Cooperative

We are buying and building some of Spokane’s most iconic businesses, and turning them over to employee ownership and control. We fundamentally believe everyone deserves economic freedom and self-determination, and we’re using worker-owned cooperatives to make it happen. All SWC workers are also owners, equitably sharing company profits. As the company grows and thrives, its worker-owners build meaningful wealth not accessible in traditional ownership structures. Democracy is built in at SWC, top to bottom: day-to-day decision-making is kept as close to immediately affected teams as possible, and our governing board of directors always has a super-majority of worker representation. SWC is a Limited Cooperative Association, which allows worker-owners to partner with investors- Making it easier for workers to find community-focused investment - Allowing investors to make a meaningful, direct impact on their communities We use our funds to buy beloved community institutions and turn them over to employee control, giving workers autonomy, ownership and financial freedom- Every acquired business adds strength, resiliency and value to SWC- Each worker and investor own a piece of the whole thing, sustaining amazing jobs, mitigating risk, and keeping more wealth directly in our community. All employees of SWC businesses become worker–owners after a 90 day trial period- SWC is governed by a board of directors elected from among the worker and investor members with there being twice as many worker-owner directors as there are investor-owner directors.