Rebecca Kemble

Rebecca Kemble has been a worker-owner at Union Cab Cooperative since 2000. She is the past President of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) and the past President of CICOPA North America, the sub-regional body of the worker-cooperative sector of the International Cooperative Alliance. She was also the Vice President of CICOPA Americas and served on the Executive Board of CICOPA worldwide for six years. From 2015 to 2021, Rebecca served on the Madison Common Council as representative for District 18. She is a co-founder of Wisconsin Food Systems, Inc. and is currently working on the Dane County Food Action Plan.

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Photo of a few dozen Group Health Cooperative employees and union supporters of various ages gathered outside the GHC building. They pose with signs for the camera. Many of the signs feature a yellow background with the solidarity fist and inspiring language about standing with GHC workers and unions. A few other signs display "Stronger Together" and "Unions Benefit Every One."

Is Group Health still a Cooperative?

By Adam Chern & Rebecca Kemble

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Politics

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November 20, 2025

Instead of union-busting, the Board should see union organizing as a gift of collective problem-solving.