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Green Worker Cooperatives
Company typeWorker cooperative
Founded2004 (2004)
Headquarters
South Bronx, New York City, New York
,
United States
Websitegreenworker.coop

Green Worker Cooperatives (GWC) is a non-profit organization that incubates environmentally sustainable worker cooperatives in the South Bronx of New York City. The organization, founded in 2003 by Omar Freilla, seeks to create green-collar jobs and promotes environmental justice through the creation of cooperatives.[1] GWC is a member of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

In 2008, Green Worker Cooperatives started ReBuilders Source, a worker cooperative that reuses discarded building materials.[2] Founder Freilla received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal and $100,000 which he used to finance the organization. Rebuilders Source also received a $70,000 grant from Citgo.[3]

References

  1. ^ Egbert, Bill. Bronx People: Spotlight on Omar Freilla. New York Daily News. 17 July 2007.
  2. ^ Gonzalez, David. Greening the Bronx, One Castoff at a Time. The New York Times. 21 April 2008.
  3. ^ Citgo Grants to Groups in the Bronx, 2007/2008. The New York Times. 21 Oct. 2007.

40°50′55.03″N 73°54′20.58″W / 40.8486194°N 73.9057167°W / 40.8486194; -73.9057167

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