It’s been more than 10 years since the financial crisis of 2008, and working people are still being hammered by its effects — stagnating wages, a widening gap between the […]
Read More >April 2019
Jarrett announces bid for Ward 5 council seat in Northampton
Alex Jarrett says he’s hopeful about the city’s future, and he’s running for the Ward 5 seat on the City Council to enact policies that will keep it on that […]
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Remaking the Economy: The Critical Role of Advocacy
Watch our Executive Director in this new video from Nonprofit Quarterly. What can and should be done to make public policy more conducive to a more democratic economy? That is the […]
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Una Nota Importante / Important Tax filing update for worker-owners
* Continuar in Español * Tax season is in the air, and this year there is a tricky situation regarding the 1099-PATR, if your co-op distributes patronage. We’ve been working with […]
Read More >How Massachusetts is working to get retiring business owners to let their employees take over
As baby boomers get ready for retirement, there’s going to be a wave of small businesses that could be shut down or sold to big corporations. But there’s another way: […]
Read More >Last Week Tonight features housing co-op work
Watch this Last Week Tonight spotlight on manufactured housing, featuring the great work of members and partners like the Northwest Cooperative Development Center:
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Devastating fire at the Highlander Research and Education Center
We are deeply saddened to share that our dear friends at Highlander Research and Education Center have experienced a devastating fire at their education center. Knowing that our work must […]
Read More >Workers’ rights major theme at GDC 2019
One of the more interesting developments to come out of Game Developers Conference 2019 (GDC) was a March 19 panel on the state of worker’s cooperatives and unionization in the […]
Read More >Massachusetts Seeks to Avert Business Shutdowns by Boosting Employee Ownership
According to Adam Vartikar, founder and chair of the advocacy group Working Wealth, Massachusetts has 42,000 small businesses whose owners are likely to retire in the next seven to 10 years, collectively […]
Read More >The next egg: Investing our retirement savings in our local communities
if you’d like to learn more about that and about the nuts & bolts of SD IRAs and solo 401(k)s, join the webinar on April 11, 2019 at 11:30 am […]
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