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Will Anchor Brewing Workers Really Be Able to Buy the Historic San Francisco Company?

Posted on August 3, 2023September 12, 2023

Now, Anchor Brewing staff, led by the Anchor Brewing union, aim to purchase the company for the first time in its long and storied history. But turning a business into […]

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As the ‘silver tsunami’ hits small businesses, could worker co-ops be a solution?

Posted on June 15, 2023September 12, 2023

New? worker co-ops: Dean’s Beans RLMG, a digital design studio in Watertown Read more on

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Here’s how this New York City restaurant makes the cooperative business model work

Posted on June 1, 2023September 12, 2023

Donna is a newly reopened restaurant and bar in the West Village in New York City that is debuting a new cooperative ownership structure with four employees Read more on […]

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US co-operative apex body NCBA CLUSA elects its board

Posted on May 8, 2023September 12, 2023

Members re-elected Cornelius Blanding, Juan Fernandez, Esteban Kelly, Emma McCormick and Karen Zimbelman Read more on Co-op News

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Washington adopts new program to help businesses become employee-owned

Posted on April 20, 2023May 8, 2023

Washington lawmakers want to make it easier to form businesses without bosses. They passed a bill Wednesday that provides support and resources for companies seeking to become employee-owned. A few […]

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Chicago Solidarity Collective Wins $2.25 Million To Hire Formerly Incarcerated Black Chicagoans Into Workers’ Co-Ops

Posted on April 20, 2023May 8, 2023

The Chicago Solidarity Collective — a joint effort by Urban Growers Collective, ChiFresh Kitchen, the Women’s Justice Institute, Grow Greater Englewood and Upside Down Consulting — won $2.25 million from […]

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Chicago collective gets $2.25 million award from JPMorgan Chase

Posted on April 20, 2023May 8, 2023

Chicago Solidarity Collective will get $2.25 million from JPMorgan Chase for an initiative aimed at advancing wealth creation for formerly incarcerated Black women by offering them training and employment in […]

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EAT Brings Farm-Fresh Food to Downtown Catskill

Posted on April 19, 2023April 20, 2023

EAT is a worker-owned cooperative grocery, kitchen, and café providing fresh, local, or organic foods to downtown Catskill. We also offer farmers access to our commercial kitchen and dining spaces, […]

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Four Young Worcester Entrepreneurs Chosen for Competition in Spain

Posted on April 19, 2023April 20, 2023

 Four young entrepreneurs from Worcester are among the finalists in the Mondragon City Challenge, an international competition that challenges youth from around the world to create a business project […]

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Gov. Polis Announces Four New Employee-Owned Companies, Pioneering New Workforce Trend in Colorado

Posted on April 17, 2023April 20, 2023

Today, the Polis Administration and the Colorado Employee Ownership Office, housed within the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), announced four new businesses transitioning to employee-ownership with […]

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SEWA sets out priorities for women’s co-ops ahead of national policy for sector

Posted on February 6, 2023April 20, 2023

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How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society

Posted on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Arecent help-wanted ad for a laundry worker in Cleveland contained some unusual language, asking prospective candidates: “Have you ever wanted to work for a company that is 90 percent employee-owned? […]

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Former Darwin’s Workers to Launch Co-op Coffee Shop

Posted on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Following the closure of all four locations of Darwin’s Ltd. late last year, a small group of former employees has announced plans to open a worker-owned cafe at the former […]

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We Should Demand Democratic Workplaces But What Does That Mean?

Posted on January 27, 2023February 6, 2023

Organizing our workplaces isn’t just about wages, hours, working conditions, and obtaining rights non-unionized workers lack—such as the right to have a steward present during disciplinary proceedings. It’s also about […]

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Local artists form worker cooperative to purchase Opolis, preventing closure

Posted on December 7, 2022February 6, 2023

Local Norman creatives have joined together as a cooperative to buy downtown Norman music venue Opolis to keep the business from closing. “We are overjoyed that a group of some […]

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Advocating in a Fractured System

Posted on December 1, 2022February 6, 2023

 What’s particularly striking for me is being part of Cooperative Home Care and having this dual identity of both a home care agency and a worker-owned cooperative. There was […]

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Owning the Means An Exploration of New Orleans Worker Co-ops

Posted on November 16, 2022February 6, 2023

Thanars heard a new bar and restaurant called Velveteen was hiring, and went in for an interview. While she was there, the owners explained that the stylish spot—on the corner […]

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‘Bicycles kind of saved my life.’ Najari Smith spins a community forward.

Posted on November 1, 2022April 20, 2023

Today, Mr. Smith runs Rich City Rides: a worker-owned cooperative bike shop as well as a bicycle advocacy nonprofit. These two spokes of the organization are distinct, but both serve […]

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Gráfico con retratos de las nuevas integrantes a la mesa directiva posicionados arriba de un mapa del país dividido en cuatro regiones. La posición de cada retrato indica cuál de las cuatro regiones la directora representa.

Announcing USFWC’s New Board Members

Posted on October 26, 2022November 2, 2022

Para leer este anuncio en español haga clic aquí. Welcome to our newly-elected regional representatives It gives us great pleasure to announce the final results of the elections for regional […]

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How Small Community Investors Helped Get a Boston Food Co-op Off the Ground

Posted on July 27, 2022October 18, 2022

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