Haga clic aquí para leer esta entrada en español Did you know that the USFWC board strategically represents regions across the country? Each year, the USFWC hosts an annual election …
Several Portland pubs double as bookstores. Over at Worker’s Tap, a new, worker-owned beer bar located near the corner of Southeast 12th Avenue and Burnside, they’re doing things differently. Co-owner …
The worker-owned, Black-led food cooperative quickly shifted their operation to provide emergency food during the height of the pandemic. Now, they are looking to transition to a longer-term vision of …
An increasing number of workers and business owners in the US are looking to a small town in northern Spain as a model to tackle wealth and income inequality. Read …
The current and future worker shortage is fueled in large part by a problem well known to the industry: high turnover. One underexplored solution to this problem may be homecare …
Para leer esta entrada en español haga clic aquí During our Spring Member Meeting, Bianca Vazquez of Beloved Community Incubator shared how immigrant-led worker cooperatives are supporting recent migrant families from Colombia, …
Salvation, for Aguilar, came from a perhaps unlikely place: a business model best known to fans of McDonald’s. She’s now a franchisee. Two years ago, alongside nine fellow immigrants, Aguilar …
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met with companies on Friday to discuss how the private sector can improve job quality, as a record number of employees in the United States are …
The story of Black co-ops and alternative economics in the United States is one of violence and persecution—but it is also a story of hope and determination. The history of …
Fuerza Laboral and the P.O.W.E.R. Network hosted a fair at the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday featuring many of the business cooperatives, from a host of different industries, offering …
Pittsburgh City Council is poised to allocate $1.2 million to the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority to fund several programs. The investment would include $150,000 for the Pittsburgh Task Force on …
At Kaiser Permanente, we know that health, economic opportunity, and wealth are linked, and small businesses create vital jobs and thriving local economies. During the last 2 recessions, employee-owned enterprises …
Just as small businesses are closing at higher rates than ever, so are workers leaving their jobs in unprecedented numbers. Remote opportunities, safety measures, and a shifting personal values have …
How we work and how we think of labor has drastically shifted during the pandemic. The need for more power and agency in the workplace is why so many workers …
The Marshfield Village Store has been a mainstay in town since it was built in 1868, serving up coffee, sandwiches and conversation. This year, while the menu will stay the same, the …
State Rep. Paul Mark teamed up with state Sen. Julian Cyr and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives this week to host an event to tout the benefits of worker-owned …
Drivers say they’re being pushed into poverty by rideshare giants like Uber and Lyft that made false promises about wages while loading them with expenses. Now they’re starting a rideshare …
Throughout the world, cooperatives are engaging people in prison and individuals who have been released from the carceral system to create dignified work that benefits the individual and the broader …
Benchmarking survey shows coops offer better jobs, resulting in less turnover Worker-owned home care cooperatives continue to grow impressively year by year, according to the third annual survey done by …
Since opening its doors more than a decade ago, Proof Bakery in Atwater Village has become a pastry powerhouse. Every weekend, a line of hungry customers stretches out the door and onto …
That’s what Public Thrift, opening in September on Joseph Campau, is inviting its customers into. The woman-owned, Black-owned, and queer-owned second-hand shop is radically reimagining the environment, offerings, and relationship …
Most of Canada’s 1.2 million small- and medium-sized enterprises have been affected by COVID-19. A substantial number of them remain heavily indebted as pandemic restrictions ease, while workforce shortages and …