ALT A photo from the waist up of a worker owner with short black hair and medium brown skin in a navy blue t-shirt, smiling to the camera. They stand in the Opportunity Threads shop floor showing a table of cut t-shirts with different designs – color-coded piles of folded fabric are neatly stacked in the background. Text that reads “Help make worker co-ops bloom with national data reports on the state of the worker co-op sector. North Carolina: 8th largest worker co-op state, 20 firms identified in the 2021 State of the Sector. Morganton, NC - Worker-owners at opportunity Threads, an industrial-scale custom sewing and fabric recycling co-op, are keeping the Southern textile economy local and environmentally sustainable.” An overlaid image of the green report cover with a blue and gray pie chart. Donate to the US Federation of Worker Co-ops at usworker.coop/give

ALT A headshot photo of Design Action Collective worker-owner and US Federation of Worker Co-ops Speakers Bureau member Sabiha Basrai who has light brown skin and medium brown short hair and wears clear rectangular glasses. She wears a white top and purple beaded earrings and flashes a big smile to a person outside the frame. Text that reads “Help us make worker co-ops bloom with opportunities for worker-owners to share their stories.” A quote from Sabiha reads “I am grateful to be part of a worker-owned cooperative for over 15 years now – being a worker-owner has helped me to embrace leadership roles, sharpen my skill sets as a designer and clarified my sense of purpose as a worker and teammate.” Donate to the US Federation of Worker Co-ops at usworker.coop/give