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Worker Co-op Stories

New York cleaners create new path to entrepreneurship

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

When Julieta Aquino leaves for work in the New York City neighbourhood of East Harlem, she does so on her own terms. She gets to decide when she works and […]

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Inside the Black and Queer-led Movement of Regenerative Winemaking

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Justine Belle Lambright wants you to question everything you know about wine — where it comes from, whose labor produced it, and who gets to define it. Read more on […]

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‘My humanity is denied’: Bay Area Palestinian Americans speak out on Israel-Hamas war coverage

Posted on November 7, 2023November 28, 2023

”The apartheid system, the siege of a people for 17 years with no will to live, is the root of all this,’ restaurateur Reem Assil said of the air, land […]

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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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How worker cooperatives shift power to workers

Posted on April 26, 2022April 28, 2022

How we work and how we think of labor has drastically shifted during the pandemic. The need for more power and agency in the workplace is why so many workers […]

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CHCA participates in rally for enacting Fair Pay for Home Care

Posted on March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

by  Denise Hernandez, worker owner at Cooperative Home Care Associates and board director of the USFWC On Valentine’s Day, 1199 SEIU labor union and NY Caring Majority organized a rally […]

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Produce for the people: Immigrant-led Riquezas del Campo farm still growing after first year

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

The immigrant-led, worker-owned cooperative farm got started later in the growing season when it started in 2019 and had just one customer, said Lorena Moreno, a founding member of the […]

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