The Woodshanti Cooperative

A worker-owned cooperative is an innovative business model where the workers are also the owners, which means everyone has a democratic vote in the way the business is run. We chose this model to give our members greater control over their working environment and to give our business the strong, stable guidance of a collective decision-making process. Cooperative workplaces foster a creative and innovative environment where the members enjoy working and are inspired to pursue advancement in their field of expertise. We believe cooperative development to be a powerful and timely force for social change. In a cooperative workplace, the workers are also the owners, which means they are personally invested in the success of the enterprise. For the customer, this means that everyone is personally committed to producing a high quality product while providing impeccable service. Woodshanti is part of a larger cooperative movement. The San Francisco Bay Area has the largest concentration of worker-owned co-ops in the country and locally, there is Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC).