Listen to the Upstream Podcast on Worker Cooperatives — Islands within a Sea of Capitalism In the second episode of the series on worker cooperatives, Upstream builds on the conversation […]
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Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers
At least 20 percent of the stores on the corridor are owned and operated by black people who aren’t immigrants. The only corridor that rivals it in terms of percentage […]
Read More >Workers Economy Encuentro- Nov. 8-10 in Mexico City
The Workers Economy network is a global network of unions, labor studies centers, cooperatives, activists, and other organizations focused on building worker control. They convene periodic international and regional gatherings. […]
Read More >A co-op grocery comes to a Dayton food desert
On the corner of Salem Avenue and Superior Street in West Dayton sits a vacant building with signs advertising a former artist supply and picture framing shop. By the end […]
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Why the cooperative model needs to be at the heart of our new economy
In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado, and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th […]
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More than a coffee shop, Collective Avenue co-op is a nurturing place for the Lynwood community
Afternoons at Collective Avenue Coffee are about as far removed from a typical third-wave coffee shop as you can get. The worker-owned cooperative cafe, founded by Kateri Gutierrez and Jonathan […]
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Meet your new Regional Board Directors / Conoce a tus Respresentes Regionales en la Mesa Directiva
Continuar en Español The 2018 USFWC Regional Rep Board of Director election results are in! We thank the membership, the board, and our nominees for participating in one of […]
Read More >Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia
Last fall, Colombia native Luis Eduardo Lozano and four other immigrant day laborers, tired of the indignities of scant, irregular hours and wage theft from employers, formalized the PWA Handymen […]
Read More >USDA provides grants to nonprofit to teach communities about co-ops
Northwest Cooperative Development Center has received three grants from the United States Department of Agriculture for its Legacy Project, which aims to assist in educating aging rural business owners in […]
Read More >A Worker Co-op Movement Emerges in Los Angeles
Collective Avenue Coffee is moving from pop-up to brick and mortar business as part of COOP LA, a 10-person collective venture of four co-located cooperative businesses. Along with the coffee […]
Read More >A New Push For Employee Ownership in Chicago
“These efforts are all driven by the notion that when employees, particularly disadvantaged populations, become owners of businesses, that will lift them out of poverty,” says Lane. “They’ll be given […]
Read More >What a ‘silver tsunami’ of retiring Baby Boomer business owners could mean for their workers
The new provision could also help address what has been called a “silver tsunami” of retiring Baby Boomer business owners. Much has been made of what that generation’s departure from […]
Read More >Time is ripe for employee ownership of small businesses (Commentary)
Eventually, good ideas are implemented once someone understands and believes in them. This is the scenario for the recent passage of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, which was signed […]
Read More >Why transforming the economy begins and ends with cooperation
by Esteban Kelly Cooperatives provide a sustainable and accountable way of providing goods and services—and they can help to transform our economies before it is too late. They promise a […]
Read More >The government just made it easier for workers to own a piece of their employer
Previously known as the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, the mandate was tacked on by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Her goal: Help more workers to own a piece […]
Read More >Employee-ownership option in national defense bill could give workers a share of their company
When it comes to capitalism, Republicans like it and Democrats like it when everyone gets a piece of the pie. The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, led by Sen. Kirsten […]
Read More >Main Street Employee Ownership Act Signed Into Law
ESOP and co-ops alike reward employees by sharing in the success of the company, creating an effective incentive for management and employees to perform well. Often, small businesses are the […]
Read More >USA passes new law to aid business transition to worker-ownership
Worker co-ops in the USA have welcomed the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, which improves access to capital and technical assistance for employee-owned businesses. Signed into law on 13 August, it is the […]
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The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives celebrates the passing of the first national legislation that focuses on worker cooperatives
As the national membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces, the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives applauds this bipartisan effort to improve small business loans and outreach for employee […]
Read More >A new overview of the history of co-operation
A Global History of Co-operative Business, Greg Patmore and Nikola Balnave, (Routledge, 2018) This valuable new history of the global co-operative movement charts its rise and its evolution – and […]
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