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