Speakers: Eulalio Guevara, A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative Rebecca Koehler, Cooperative Care Adrionna Fike, Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) Worker owners will share their stories of […]
Read More >Worker Co-op Stories
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 >
Workers to Owners: The Story of Metis Construction
Metis Construction of Seattle is making its employees owners as it grows, building ownership-quality construction jobs. One in three small business owners will retire in the next fifteen years. This […]
Read More >
Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time
A short, practical guide for those considering worker owned cooperatives, made by GRITtv & TESA, the Toolbox for Education and Social Action. Featuring conversations with the USFWC’s Executive Director Esteban […]
Read More >
Member Spotlight: Honoring Community Builders Cooperative
“People performed outstandingly because they want to, not because they have to.” –Marc Rudnick on Community Builders Cooperative We recently talked to Marc Rudnick about the history of Community Builders […]
Read More >
Member Spotlight: Pa’lante Green Cleaning Co-op
“I would love people to understand better is what it means to work in a cooperative and to be a worker owner specifically. Being a worker-owner is a really powerful […]
Read More >Commentary: Bill would help retiring business owners transfer ownership to workers
As with Susanne Ward, employee ownership can often provide business owners the best chance to secure their retirement, while sustaining the jobs and economic activity our communities depend on. In […]
Read More >
Unstoppable: How cooperative businesses are transforming communities in Philadelphia
The power of cooperatives is truly unstoppable – if we support this movement together. Were you inspired by the power of organizing for economic justice through cooperative enterprise shown in this […]
Read More >