As the USFWC continues to support the worker co-op community through the COVID-19 crisis, we are keeping tabs on developments from the Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding its programs to […]
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Produce for the people: Immigrant-led Riquezas del Campo farm still growing after first year
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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Read the paper – Worker Co-ops: Weathering the Storm of COVID-19
In this moment of crisis, worker cooperatives are a reliable, proven solution to address loss of jobs as well as income inequality. COVID-19 has devastated the small business community, and […]
Read More >Former Lab Zero employees found new games studio, Future Club
A veteran team of artists, programmers, and designers behind the award-winning games Skullgirls and Indivisible have banded together to form Future Club, a cooperatively structured independent game studio founded with […]
Read More >Baby Boomers: Incredible Numbers are Buying and Selling Businesses
Read more at https://cabb.org/news/baby-boomers-incredible-numbers-are-buying-and-selling-businesses-part-1-2
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Watch this Workers Cooperative Town Hall with Rep. Ro Khanna
Click here to watch the recording Recorded on Facebook Live on Sept 16th, this is a roundtable event to discuss how worker cooperatives can provide a viable alternative for baby […]
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Co-op Hour Mutual Aid Series: Transformation beyond perennial Economic Crisis
Para español, haga clic aquí What will it take to transform our economy, instead of rebuilding it? Communities that have long been excluded from resources that others take for […]
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#CoopsVote: How your co-op can help turn out the vote
Para español, haga clic aquí The November elections are less than 50 days away. Like most things in 2020, the election will look very different this year, but the need […]
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Watch the Keynote sessions from the Worker Co-op Conference
Para Español, haga clic aquí Day 1 Keynote with Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis, featuring comments from Representative Rashida Tlaib, NYC Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, and Senator Bernie Sanders. […]
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#CoopsVote – this November, show your co-op spirit and make sure to vote
Para español, haga clic aquí The November elections are less than 100 days away. Like most things in 2020, the election will look very different this year, but the need […]
Read More >Buy Hand Sanitizer From This Black, Queer-Owned Business to Support Sex Workers
Hygiene Hustle is possibly the only sex worker-owned and operated sanitary goods manufacturer in the nation. Read more on them.
Read More >The profit maximizing corporate model must evolve
One solution proposed by our organization, The Democracy Collaborative, is to create local economy preservation funds. These are holding companies that would invest equity in small and medium business enterprises, […]
Read More >Verso Mill set to halt production as potential buyer brings hope
Henry Schienebeck, executive director of Great Lakes Timber Professionals, tells Newschannel 7 his Rhinelander-based group is working on forming a co-op with the City of Wisconsin Rapids and union workers […]
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Recording: Co-op Hour Mutual Aid Series: Concern for our communities means nobody left behind
Para español, haga clic aquí In the last months, communities all over the world have organized mutual aid strategies like food banks, financial aid, house occupations to name some. These […]
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Co-op Hour Mutual Aid Series: Caring For & Educating Our Children
Para español, haga clic aqui Panelists / Presentatores: Teresa Mansell / Childspace Naomi Alexis / It Takes A City NY Ellen Vera / Co-op Cincy’s CareShare Hear from worker cooperative […]
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Inside a Philadelphia – Baltimore Green New Deal Tour
Executive Director Esteban joined policy makers, community organizers, and elected officials in an inter-city exchange between Philadelphia and Baltimore (hosted outdoors and distanced in Baltimore). Together, about 25 participants (half […]
Read More >Financialised care is crumbling. How can workers shape what comes next?
There have been recent calls for laws to support worker buyouts in order to save businesses facing bankruptcy. While any legislation to support employee ownership is welcome, localised care home […]
Read More >Cooperative enterprises may lead to “new normal” for Native businesses
MNIBA hopes to help Native communities band together, inspire individuals to become successful entrepreneurs, and build new business ventures by using community and cooperative development tools. Working with like-minded people […]
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Co-op Hour Series: Communities Stepping Up
Para español, haga clic aquí Hear from worker cooperative voices what it takes to create sustainable solutions to a perennial economic crisis that works just for the 1%. For […]
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