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Worker Co-op Stories

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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