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Worker Co-op Stories

Photo of worker members of Root Volume and Repaired Nations sit on a wooden deck and under a wooden pergola smiling at the camera. Text quote from Sabine Dabady, who has brown skin and short hair and wears a long sleeve shirt and baseball cap reads "Theres something to be said about the importance of finding courage for how you live your life to not be guided by fear, but to be guided by courage in spite of fear"

Worker Co-op Spotlight: Repaired Nations & Root Volume

Posted on February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

Sabine Dabady and members of Repaired Nations and Root Volume pose with the wooden deck and pergola, part of an outdoor kitchen they built at a recent  job site.   […]

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A group of fifteen individuals of different races and genders pose joyfully

We believe in liberation: Our 2025 Plans

Posted on December 27, 2024December 29, 2024

Support the worker co-op movement in 2025 I believe in liberation and I think that business-as-usual operations don’t win toward liberation at all. That’s Peer Advisor Fellow LaTierra Piphus, one […]

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Black woman with crimson braids and a black hoodie under a grey rain jacket speaks confidently on the mic in an outdoor patio.

Building our own doors (4 days left to double your impact)

Posted on December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

As a little girl, I used to sit on my porch watching my community: neighbors grocery shopping, actual taxi cabs on the street, and block club parties that brought everyone […]

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A photo of a person in a backwards baseball cap smiling to the camera and a photo of that same person wearing an apron and food handling gloves, spreading cheese over a raw pizza dough. Text that reads "I couldn't believe I was somewhere where I was valued and that the work I was putting in actually mattered" Emma Le, worker-owner at a Slice of New York Pizza, a Federation Member

Worker-owner spotlight: Emma Le, A Slice of New York Pizza

Posted on June 4, 2024January 28, 2025

SAN JOSE, CA — I was fresh out of high school when COVID hit, and there was a tighter leash on job opportunities.  I had heard horror stories from other […]

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The Home Beautiful Transition to Employee Ownership – Their Story

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

The Home Beautiful Transtion to Employee Ownership – Their Story from Co-op Development Institute on Vimeo. The Home Beautiful, one of central New Hampshire’s largest home decorating centers, serving homeowners, […]

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CHCA hosts Bronx Fair Pay for Home Care event to celebrate advocacy initiative

Posted on October 19, 2022November 2, 2022

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, CHCA hosted a Bronx Fair Pay for Home Care Luncheon. The event was in appreciation for those involved in advocating for higher wages for Home […]

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Denise Hernandez of Cooperative Home Care Associates takes a selfie with Michael Brennan, Special Projects Coordinator for the United States Federation for Worker Cooperatives. They both wear white surgical face masks and Michael flashes a peace sign.

Union Co-ops gain momentum at the 2022 Labor Notes Conference

Posted on July 15, 2022July 26, 2022

At the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Rosemont, Illinois, worker cooperators gathered with 4,000 labor union members and activists from across the country to help unite the rising cooperative and […]

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Worker Retention in Homecare: Could Cooperatives Be the Solution?

Posted on June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

The current and future worker shortage is fueled in large part by a problem well known to the industry: high turnover. One underexplored solution to this problem may be homecare […]

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Virtual event touts benefits of worker-owned cooperatives

Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

State Rep. Paul Mark teamed up with state Sen. Julian Cyr and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives this week to host an event to tout the benefits of worker-owned […]

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Why Worker-Owned Food Co-Ops Are Suddenly Hot In The Rise And Grind Era

Posted on November 17, 2021December 20, 2021

Since opening its doors more than a decade ago, Proof Bakery in Atwater Village has become a pastry powerhouse. Every weekend, a line of hungry customers stretches out the door and onto […]

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Worker-owned thrift store opening in Hamtramck reimagines what second-hand shopping should be

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

That’s what Public Thrift, opening in September on Joseph Campau, is inviting its customers into. The woman-owned, Black-owned, and queer-owned second-hand shop is radically reimagining the environment, offerings, and relationship […]

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Evergreen Cooperatives helps companies shift to co-ops, share profits with workers

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

The idea of a career and work day has changed a lot since the pandemic started in March 2020 and that’s already making many employees rethink what they want and […]

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Employees purchase iconic Maine T-shirt company

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

Nearly two years ago, Liberty Graphics employees began to talk to Opper about the potential of buying the company through a worker cooperative. Of the 25 current employees, lots have […]

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White Electric reopens as Rhode Island’s only cooperatively run coffee shop

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

“No one individual is going to get rich, and that’s the way we want it,” Chassaing said. “We do want to ensure living wages though, and we’re confident that without […]

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Worker-owned cooperatives and the future of Rust Belt labor

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Cleveland’s Phoenix Coffee changed the way it worked. One store temporarily shut down, and four others transitioned to takeout only. Its employees, like many of […]

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Co-op Conversions “Best Bet for Cultural Preservation

Posted on May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

Last year, the disruptions of COVID-19, skyrocketing rents, and boomer owners opting to retire led to the demise of some of Austin’s most beloved businesses. The Austin Cooperative Business Association […]

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Employee-ownership can prevent job losses and closures when North Country business owners retire

Posted on May 12, 2021May 13, 2021

With more typical options like family, closing, or selling to a big box retailer off the table, Ward had to get creative. The answer turned out to be right in […]

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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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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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Recording – Co-op Hour Mutual Aid Series: Collective distribution for small business survival

Posted on October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

Mira el webinar en Español Co-op Hour Mutual Aid Series: Hear from worker cooperative voices about what it takes to create sustainable solutions to the perennial economic crisis that only […]

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