PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, the world’s first academic institute dedicated to researching […]
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Baltimore Worker Cooperative Continues Expanding and Evolving
It was a real struggle for Red Emma’s the first time they were looking to finance a new, larger location for their bookstore and café space. What began as a […]
Read More >Fellowship teaches the business of cooperative economics
Community development organization Nexus Community Partners has opened the application process for the third session of its North Star Black Cooperative Fellowship. The six-month cohort-based program is aimed at helping […]
Read More >Co-op start-ups: Five tech firms run by their workers
As big tech firms run foul of public opinion and authorities, co-operative start-ups are turning their minds to ethical services – while also democratising businesses by giving more power and […]
Read More >A Reparations Map for Farmers of Color May Help Right Historical Wrongs
When Leah Penniman and her family founded Soul Fire Farm, in Petersburg, New York in 2011, they had a vision of a multi-racial, sustainable farming organization that would run food […]
Read More >Making business democratic: The Cooperation Group gives Detroiters avenues for collective ownership
B. Anthony Holley and Lisa Stolarski have vivid memories of their first time meeting. Stolarski, who had been the executive director for the National Cooperative Business Association’s domestic development program […]
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Worker Co-ops–A solution for an economy in crisis
We are standing at a pivotal time for the political and economic future of the country, and worker cooperatives are a solution to many of country’s issues. These businesses […]
Read More >Worker-owned Co-ops are Coming for the Digital Gig Economy
A domestic cleaning worker in New York City faces a choice. She might decide to register on a platform like Handy or Taskrabbit, where she can accept jobs on a […]
Read More >Evergreen Cooperative Laundry to manage second plant
Cleveland’s Evergreen Cooperative Laundry will triple its workforce after taking over management of the Cleveland Clinic’s laundry facility. The new plant will brings more than 100 new employees into the […]
Read More >Want Better Working Conditions in Restaurants? Build a Co-op
At Blue Scorcher in the seaside town of Astoria, Oregon, customers count on a few things. There’s, of course, the golden braids of challah and the crisp loaves of sourdough, […]
Read More >More U.S. businesses are becoming worker co-ops: Here’s why
In 1982, Linda and Gregory Coles were struggling to find a sitter for their 18-month-old daughter. After a year of searching, they just decided to open their own daycare, and […]
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Radix Media’s AFTERMATH is now available with a “coop” discount!
Earlier this year we spotlighted Radix Media in anticipation of their release of AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss and Grief. AFTERMATH is now here! We’re thrilled to celebrate this anthology again […]
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Member Spotlight: Honoring Community Builders Cooperative
“People performed outstandingly because they want to, not because they have to.” –Marc Rudnick on Community Builders Cooperative We recently talked to Marc Rudnick about the history of Community Builders […]
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Member Spotlight: Pa’lante Green Cleaning Co-op
“I would love people to understand better is what it means to work in a cooperative and to be a worker owner specifically. Being a worker-owner is a really powerful […]
Read More >Rock City Coffee Roasters in Maine Is Now a Worker-Owned Cooperative
When one of the owners of the Rock City Coffee in Rockland, Maine, sadly passed from cancer in 2010, the remaining partner in the business, Susanne Ward, then in her 60s, began […]
Read More >Health co-operatives are on the rise, IHCO report finds
A new report by the International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO) has found that the sector has grown in importance over the past 20-30 years. The research, which looks at co-operatives from 13 […]
Read More >Contributors Worker cooperatives can be a boon for rural Maine’s economy
Last winter while talking with a friend, the conversation turned to the lack of employment opportunities in central Maine. A parent with an advanced degree in physics, he poignantly remarked, […]
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