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Worker Co-op Stories

Fashion production co-op run by refugee, immigrant women to open in Chicago

Posted on February 28, 2019February 28, 2019

“…Now, Mercy — who asked that we not use her last name — is one of three founding members of Blue Tin Production, a fashion production co-op run by immigrant […]

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A National Worker Co-op Financing Network Emerges

Posted on December 6, 2018January 2, 2019

Connelly and others recognized that the community needed to take the lead in its own revival—or else risk having others develop the community, but in ways that promote gentrification and […]

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The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks

Posted on December 4, 2018January 2, 2019

Connelly’s credit union is part of a strategy by a nonprofit consortium of investors, financial organizations, and community development groups known as the Financial Cooperative to set up locally controlled […]

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Nonprofit helps employees take hold of reins as business owners retire

Posted on November 29, 2018December 13, 2018

“I’ve been approaching retirement for a long time,” Adams said with a chuckle. “I couldn’t imagine being 80 and carrying on at the same level, but how else do you […]

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This new fund will help retiring baby boomers turn their businesses into worker co-ops

Posted on November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

In May, the Evergreen Cooperatives, a network of worker-owned businesses in Cleveland, took over operations of a laundry facility owned by the Cleveland Clinic. On the surface, it was a […]

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New Cleveland Fund Will Acquire Businesses and Sell Them Back to Workers

Posted on November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

Tameka Thomas had returned to society after a five-year prison sentence, and a month after her release, she landed a job with Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland with help from a re-entry transition […]

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Worker Ownership Initiative Launched by Nonprofit Lender in Nation’s Capital

Posted on November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

Last week, a nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI), the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF), which has operated in the nation’s capital since 1987, launched its DC Employee Ownership Initiative to help existing worker-owned business […]

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Coalition Launches Rural Employee Ownership Transition Initiative in Maine

Posted on November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

Two months ago, NPQ profiled an initiative supported by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants to encourage retiring business owners to sell their businesses to their employees in Oregon, Washington. Now a […]

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Worker Ownership Initiative Launched by Nonprofit Lender in Nation’s Capital

Posted on November 6, 2018December 14, 2018

The initiative will also provide lending support not just to businesses that convert to employee ownership, but to businesses that launch as worker cooperatives. An example cited at the forum […]

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Listen to the Upstream Podcast on Worker Cooperatives — Islands within a Sea of Capitalism

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018

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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