The governance structure is based on established models, including those developed by the Industrial Cooperative Association in Boston, and in the larger sense, the Mondragon system of cooperatives in the Basque region of Spain.  However, our success as a cooperative rests firmly on our ability to adapt these models to the goals and needs of the business and the individual co-op members.

Everyone who works at Casa has a voice that is listened to and respected.  However, only the members (worker-owners) of the co-op have a vote.  Each worker-owner owns one non-transferable share of the business and one vote.  We are a cooperative, but there are still decisions to be made and people to hold accountable for those decisions.  This is our structure (which may or may not be considered hierarchal):