Cooperative Home Care Associates

The largest worker cooperative in the United States is Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) of New York, employing 2,300 home health care workers. In an industry with low wages and average employee turnover well over 50%, CHCA pays almost twice the market rate and has annual employee turnover of 15%. Yes! Magazine published an article last month titled How America's Largest Worker Owned Co-Op Lifts People Out of Poverty that summarizes CHCA's history and its current state, putting it in the context of New York City's financial support for worker cooperatives.