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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DAWI hosted the SEED Fellowship in Atlanta
The city of Atlanta hosted the Democracy at Work Institute SEED Fellows in a Technical Assistance site visit through Grove Park, English Avenue, West End, and Cascade neighborhoods, all historic areas […]
Read More >Story 2 just redesigned the SEIU Healthcare 1199NW website
Story 2 built a website for SEIU Healthcare 1199NW in 6 weeks, building out a custom member portal so existing or prospective union members could easily navigate the site, find their […]
Read More >Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers
At least 20 percent of the stores on the corridor are owned and operated by black people who aren’t immigrants. The only corridor that rivals it in terms of percentage […]
Read More >Workers Economy Encuentro- Nov. 8-10 in Mexico City
The Workers Economy network is a global network of unions, labor studies centers, cooperatives, activists, and other organizations focused on building worker control. They convene periodic international and regional gatherings. […]
Read More >A co-op grocery comes to a Dayton food desert
On the corner of Salem Avenue and Superior Street in West Dayton sits a vacant building with signs advertising a former artist supply and picture framing shop. By the end […]
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Why the cooperative model needs to be at the heart of our new economy
In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado, and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th […]
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More than a coffee shop, Collective Avenue co-op is a nurturing place for the Lynwood community
Afternoons at Collective Avenue Coffee are about as far removed from a typical third-wave coffee shop as you can get. The worker-owned cooperative cafe, founded by Kateri Gutierrez and Jonathan […]
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Meet your new Regional Board Directors / Conoce a tus Respresentes Regionales en la Mesa Directiva
Continuar en Español The 2018 USFWC Regional Rep Board of Director election results are in! We thank the membership, the board, and our nominees for participating in one of […]
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2018 Co-ops and Cooperators of the Year
Each year, the USFWC recognizes standout cooperators and co-ops that embolden our movement and lead the way toward workplace democracy. Chosen by our board of directors, with these recognitions we […]
Read More >Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia
Last fall, Colombia native Luis Eduardo Lozano and four other immigrant day laborers, tired of the indignities of scant, irregular hours and wage theft from employers, formalized the PWA Handymen […]
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