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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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Employee-owned businesses foster healthier local economies

Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

At Kaiser Permanente, we know that health, economic opportunity, and wealth are linked, and small businesses create vital jobs and thriving local economies. During the last 2 recessions, employee-owned enterprises […]

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Riding the Wave: Cooperative Conversion and the Silver Tsunami

Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Just as small businesses are closing at higher rates than ever, so are workers leaving their jobs in unprecedented numbers. Remote opportunities, safety measures, and a shifting personal values have […]

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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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The profit maximizing corporate model must evolve

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

One solution proposed by our organization, The Democracy Collaborative, is to create local economy preservation funds. These are holding companies that would invest equity in small and medium business enterprises, […]

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Verso Mill set to halt production as potential buyer brings hope

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

Henry Schienebeck, executive director of Great Lakes Timber Professionals, tells Newschannel 7 his Rhinelander-based group is working on forming a co-op with the City of Wisconsin Rapids and union workers […]

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The Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might Succeed

Posted on July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

For the past five years, the media industry has been on a unionizing spree. This wave of worker empowerment—combined with the industry’s regular waves of layoffs, folding publications, and management […]

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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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