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?
New? worker co-ops: Dean’s Beans RLMG, a digital design studio in Watertown Read more on
Read More >Here’s how this New York City restaurant makes the cooperative business model work
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 […]
Read More >US co-operative apex body NCBA CLUSA elects its board
Members re-elected Cornelius Blanding, Juan Fernandez, Esteban Kelly, Emma McCormick and Karen Zimbelman Read more on Co-op News
Read More >Washington adopts new program to help businesses become employee-owned
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 […]
Read More >Chicago Solidarity Collective Wins $2.25 Million To Hire Formerly Incarcerated Black Chicagoans Into Workers’ Co-Ops
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 […]
Read More >Chicago collective gets $2.25 million award from JPMorgan Chase
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 […]
Read More >EAT Brings Farm-Fresh Food to Downtown Catskill
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, […]
Read More >Four Young Worcester Entrepreneurs Chosen for Competition in Spain
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 […]
Read More >Gov. Polis Announces Four New Employee-Owned Companies, Pioneering New Workforce Trend in Colorado
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 […]
Read More >SEWA sets out priorities for women’s co-ops ahead of national policy for sector
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Read More >How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
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? […]
Read More >Former Darwin’s Workers to Launch Co-op Coffee Shop
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 […]
Read More >We Should Demand Democratic Workplaces But What Does That Mean?
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 […]
Read More >Local artists form worker cooperative to purchase Opolis, preventing closure
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 […]
Read More >Advocating in a Fractured System
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 […]
Read More >Owning the Means An Exploration of New Orleans Worker Co-ops
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 […]
Read More >‘Bicycles kind of saved my life.’ Najari Smith spins a community forward.
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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Announcing USFWC’s New Board Members
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 […]
Read More >How Small Community Investors Helped Get a Boston Food Co-op Off the Ground
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