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Intro to Governance & Management for Worker Cooperatives

A SELC teach-in page outlining core questions about governance versus management, common governance structures, board roles, officer roles, and legal requirements.

Source: Sustainable Economies Law CenterAdded June 12, 2026Published 2019
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Why it matters

It targets a central governance basics question: which decisions belong to members, boards, officers, managers, or delegated roles?

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New worker co-op teams trying to understand governance roles before writing policies or bylaws.

This teach-in is useful as a high-level orientation to the governance and management map of a worker co-op. Because it is attached to an event page and legal requirements vary, the link and any associated materials should be checked before publishing.

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