Obran Member Guide

Ownership is power! Welcome to your go-to place for all information about Obran Cooperative!

How To Use This Guidebook

Welcome to Obran's Member Guidebook! This is a tool to help you understand and navigate the Obran Cooperative System. Democracy and participatory management is at the core of what we do, and an engaged and informed membership makes for a strong and healthy cooperative! The Guidebook is segmented into three parts:

Your Membership

Here you will find FAQ's and How To's for navigating your new rights and privileges that come with Cooperative Membership.

pageBecoming a Member

Your Obran OS

Here you will find a guide to the Obran OS and the Member Center, our internal cooperative platform. Where you can join the cooperative as a new member, clock time, access your internal capital, learn and stay in touch with other members.

pageOverview

Your Member Handbook

Here you will find the core policies and procedures that all Cooperative Members and Employees need to be aware of and follow.

pageAbout Your Member Handbook

Cooperative Resources

Here you will find handy links to cooperative-wide resources and platforms for things like communications, employment, and membership.

pageMeet the Board of Directors

Our Mission, Vision, and Values

Our Mission

is to put the engines of business to work for humanity.

Our Vision

Obran will be the world's largest worker-cooperative conglomerate. We exist to grow profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve our members, customers, and communities. We acknowledge structures of inequity and embrace the struggles to overcome them, one workplace at a time.

Our Values

While our strategy evolves we believe in a set of core values that guide the Obran Membership experience.

Democracy	We empower and educate members to participate fully in workplace decisions.
Innovation	We question the status quo and find new ways of working that are better for ourselves, our customers, our communities, and the environment.
Solidarity	We act in ways that promote equity and inclusion; we are pro-black & pro-brown, pro-women, pro-LGBTQ+, and against hate and discrimination in all its forms.
Humanity	We believe that workers are people first; we foster dignity, respect, and joy in every interaction.
Balance	We think critically about the complexity of our decisions, and seek balance in the short- and long-term outcomes for all our stakeholders — including our members, families, communities, investors, customers, suppliers, and environment.