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Ward Lumber is officially a Worker Owned Cooperative

Posted on April 29, 2021August 10, 2021

  Ward Lumber Transitions Ownership to Employees Worker-owned cooperative is first of its kind in the region Jay, N.Y and Malone, N.Y. — The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business […]

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Pittsburgh Hosts Nation’s First Citywide Task Force on Employee Ownership

Posted on April 28, 2021May 5, 2022

PA – Pittsburgh kicked off the nation’s first citywide task force by hosting a meeting on employee ownership on Sept. 5 at Chatham University. Pittsburgh created the task force on […]

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Oakland has a new worker-owned supermarket

Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

The DEEP (Deep East Oakland Empowering the People) Grocery Co-op was conceived in 2019 as a way to bring organic and locally grown foods to areas of East Oakland without nearby full-service […]

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Worker-Owned Businesses Are Having a Moment

Posted on March 31, 2021April 2, 2021

If you want to launch a co-op, Baltimore may be one of the best places in the U.S. to do it. There’s a small but sturdy network of worker co-ops […]

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Opinion: More companies should consider employee ownership

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

At a time when pandemic-driven job losses are being felt by so many in our community, leaders in business and government should work together to help empower our region’s hardworking […]

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Josh Hilsdon: Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics co-op

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

PVSquared is on the cutting-edge. I remembered when they were being incubated by the Franklin County Community Development Corporation, which has helped hundreds of new businesses get started. PVSquared started […]

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Obvious Agency and Creative Cooperative Futures

Posted on March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

As artists, we have long believed racialized capitalism, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and ableism fuel the theatre industry and undergird the business structures available to us. Accordingly, when we first decided to found […]

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Now Available | Democratic Management: A Practical Guide for Managers and Others

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Democracy at Work Institute’s Democratic Management: A Practical Guide for Managers and Others  is a best-of collection of democratic practices used by worker cooperative managers and taught by some of the […]

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Is your cooperative entitled to a refund for retaining employees? Find out.

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Did you have payroll expenses last year? Will you have payroll expenses first or second quarter of 2021? Was your company struggling during the pandemic and is it continuing to […]

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Spoke Folks Bike Cooperative pedals into 2021

Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

fully launched to haul trash, recycling and compost via bike and trailer Read more at https://bangordailynews.com/2021/02/11/bdn-maine/spoke-folks-bike-cooperative-pedals-into-2021/

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