“It’s nice to know I am part of positive change in the world,” said O’Brien, the company’s founder, general manager and one of its owner-workers. The printing enterprise is a […]
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Inside the Black and Queer-led Movement of Regenerative Winemaking
Justine Belle Lambright wants you to question everything you know about wine — where it comes from, whose labor produced it, and who gets to define it. Read more on […]
Read More >Reimagining Work Through A Shared Ownership Model
More Americans are saying this is no longer acceptable. Working people want to build stability and plan for the future of their families. They want to be hopeful about their […]
Read More >O’Donals becomes a worker-owned cooperative, preserving jobs and the evergreen legacy of beloved garden center
Rather than selling to an out-of-state buyer or shuttering the business, O’Donal decided to keep things close to home. He reached out to the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) to explore […]
Read More >Angel Cakes Bakery becomes worker co-op, honoring legacy of slain owner
An Oakland bakery founded by the woman who was killed during a brazen robbery earlier this year has become a worker-owned cooperative. Angel Cakes Bakery employees said they became a […]
Read More >Worker cooperatives come to veterinary medicine
A self-described “political lefty,” Dally pondered the notion of converting the two-practice business to a worker cooperative — selling it to the employees, who would own and run it following […]
Read More >Artisans Cooperative: An Etsy alternative, owned and run by artists and makers
Artisans Cooperative just launched its unique marketplace as a multi-stakeholder cooperative for creators and shoppers. Read more on Shareable
Read More >‘My humanity is denied’: Bay Area Palestinian Americans speak out on Israel-Hamas war coverage
”The apartheid system, the siege of a people for 17 years with no will to live, is the root of all this,’ restaurateur Reem Assil said of the air, land […]
Read More >Owning our identity: Empowering cooperatives in rural America
Rural cooperatives are the backbone of this nation’s many critical infrastructure projects and provide essential services that people in the U.S. rely on to thrive. Cooperatives are people-centered enterprises owned, […]
Read More >NY Minority Worker-Owned Solar Firm Flips Labor-Model On Its Head
Nearly a dozen early-career solar energy system installers are working to change the terms of their labor. Graduates of a growing workforce development program created by Manhattan non-profit WE ACT […]
Read More >Clintonville’s Pattycake Bakery Turns 20; Asuka Ramen Coming to Dublin
Pattycake Bakery (3870 N. High St.), the beloved vegan and organic bakery in Clintonville, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. Read more on Columbus Monthly
Read More >Will Anchor Brewing Workers Really Be Able to Buy the Historic San Francisco Company?
Now, Anchor Brewing staff, led by the Anchor Brewing union, aim to purchase the company for the first time in its long and storied history. But turning a business into […]
Read More >As the ‘silver tsunami’ hits small businesses, could worker co-ops be a solution?
New? worker co-ops: Dean’s Beans RLMG, a digital design studio in Watertown Read more on
Read More >Here’s how this New York City restaurant makes the cooperative business model work
Donna is a newly reopened restaurant and bar in the West Village in New York City that is debuting a new cooperative ownership structure with four employees Read more on […]
Read More >US co-operative apex body NCBA CLUSA elects its board
Members re-elected Cornelius Blanding, Juan Fernandez, Esteban Kelly, Emma McCormick and Karen Zimbelman Read more on Co-op News
Read More >Washington adopts new program to help businesses become employee-owned
Washington lawmakers want to make it easier to form businesses without bosses. They passed a bill Wednesday that provides support and resources for companies seeking to become employee-owned. A few […]
Read More >Chicago Solidarity Collective Wins $2.25 Million To Hire Formerly Incarcerated Black Chicagoans Into Workers’ Co-Ops
The Chicago Solidarity Collective — a joint effort by Urban Growers Collective, ChiFresh Kitchen, the Women’s Justice Institute, Grow Greater Englewood and Upside Down Consulting — won $2.25 million from […]
Read More >Chicago collective gets $2.25 million award from JPMorgan Chase
Chicago Solidarity Collective will get $2.25 million from JPMorgan Chase for an initiative aimed at advancing wealth creation for formerly incarcerated Black women by offering them training and employment in […]
Read More >EAT Brings Farm-Fresh Food to Downtown Catskill
EAT is a worker-owned cooperative grocery, kitchen, and café providing fresh, local, or organic foods to downtown Catskill. We also offer farmers access to our commercial kitchen and dining spaces, […]
Read More >Four Young Worcester Entrepreneurs Chosen for Competition in Spain
Four young entrepreneurs from Worcester are among the finalists in the Mondragon City Challenge, an international competition that challenges youth from around the world to create a business project […]
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