Green Worker Cooperatives

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| name = Green Worker Cooperatives

| logo = Green worker logo.png

| type = Worker cooperative

| foundation = {{start date|2004}}

| location_city = South Bronx, New York City, New York

| location_country = United States

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| homepage = [http://greenworker.coop/ greenworker.coop]

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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.Egbert, Bill. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-people-article-1.270862 Bronx People: Spotlight on Omar Freilla.] New York Daily News. 17 July 2007. 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.Gonzalez, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/nyregion/21citywide.html?_r=1&ex=1209441600&en=cf99153264e902bb&ei=5070&emc=eta1%22 Greening the Bronx, One Castoff at a Time.] The New York Times. 21 April 2008. 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/nyregion/21citgogrants.html Citgo Grants to Groups in the Bronx, 2007/2008.] The New York Times. 21 Oct. 2007.