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March 2019

CCCD announces 2019 Cooperative Conference

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019

The California Center for Cooperative Development will host its 10th annual co-op conference at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St. in Sacramento, on Sunday, April 28, and Monday, […]

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Berkeley Sets the Bar for Municipal Support of Worker Cooperatives

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Last night, Berkeley City Council unanimously adopted a set of recommendations provided by the Sustainable Economies Law Center (Law Center) and a coalition of worker coop members and advocates. In […]

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The UMD Co-op may be closing, but worker cooperatives have a future

Posted on March 20, 2019April 2, 2019

Worker cooperatives don’t often receive the recognition they deserve as examples of alternative forms of economic organization. The Maryland Food Co-op has recently received some publicity after announcing it will […]

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Worker Co-op Farm Peer Network Update March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019January 15, 2020

The second ever peer network call for farmworker coops was a success! We connected with several farmworker coops from across the US who are looking to create a space for […]

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City of Baltimore commits funding to help BRED accelerate business conversions to worker cooperatives

Posted on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

The Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED) is thrilled to announce that Baltimore has joined other leading cities in committing public support for worker cooperative development. With the award of […]

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Building Bridges: Spectrum Cable Strikers Propose Forming A Workers’ Cooperative To Take Over The Cable Franchise

Posted on March 18, 2019March 28, 2019

Nevertheless despite the toll the strike has taken on these intrepid workers keep on keeping on, and have even, with the support of their union been exploring the creation of […]

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Worcester co-op prints for progressives such as Warren, Biden, Ocasio-Cortez

Posted on March 17, 2019March 28, 2019

On the top floor of an old industrial building at 41 Jackson St., steps from a factory where garment workers a hundred years ago made women’s corsets, a printers’ cooperative […]

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Illinois Proposal Aims To Empower Worker Co-ops

Posted on March 14, 2019March 28, 2019

Co-ops allow their employees to also be the owners. But state law doesn’t recognize them as a business entity, which makes it hard to get financial backing. State Rep. Carol […]

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Co-op Hour Conversions to the Worker Co-op Business Model

Posted on March 12, 2019August 31, 2022

  Co-op Hour is the USFWC’s bi-monthly online, interactive gathering dedicated to exploring a specific topic within the worker cooperative movement, featuring worker-owners and experts in the field. This video […]

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What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Can good values be good business, too? For generations, the cooperative movement has been answering with a resounding “Yes!” After a surge of entrepreneurial fervor following the 2007 economic collapse, […]

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