Beyond Service Industry

Worker cooperatives can be found in almost any sector of the economy. We have many examples here in the service industries, but also manufacturing and transportation.

Example: Union Cab

After ten years of struggling to create safer working conditions with decent pay and benefits through the traditional labor movement, Madison cab drivers, dispatchers and mechanics came together to use the cooperative model to meet their needs of jobs at a living wage in a safe, humane, and democratic environment. Union Cab with about 250 members is also one of the only cab businesses to provide health insurance to its drivers. It is also a union co-op.

Union Cab Website