Faced with a zombie apocalypse, dogs need to rescue “hoomans” from being eaten alive: this is the plot of the latest board game developed by worker co-operative Make Big Things. Based […]
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Two ESOP Bills Progress in Congress
Two bills on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have passed without dissent in the Small Business Committees in the House and the Senate, and both have bipartisan support. By unanimous vote, the […]
Read More >Worker Co-op Created to End Food Desert is Ready to Expand
A food co-op created to offer healthy produce in an area with no grocery stores has been so successful it is doubling the size of its premises. Mandela Foods Cooperative, in […]
Read More >House Committee on Small Business passes the Main Street Employee Ownership Act with bipartisan support
“I am proud that our Committee came together to pass legislation to help small businesses in all sectors,” said Small Business House Committee Ranking Member Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY). […]
Read More >Landmark Employee Ownership Bills Advance in Congress without Dissent
“Two bills on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have passed without dissent in the Small Business Committees in the House and the Senate,” writes Lee Barney in Plan Sponsor. Both bills, he adds, […]
Read More >Co-ops and worker owned firms make list of world’s biggest retailers
Several co-ops have been included in the list of world’s 250 biggest retailers, compiled by professional services network Deloitte. Deloitte’s 21st annual Global Powers of Retailing report is based on publicly available data for […]
Read More >Could Tech Companies Work as Co-ops?
The question came up at a recent event on employee-owned businesses: will this trend of worker ownership ever spread to the tech world? Eager to offer insights, Maria Cardenas, a […]
Read More >Rock City Coffee Officially Becomes a Worker Cooperative
When Susanne Ward and her late partner Patrick Reilley moved to Rockland from California in 1991, they knew it wasn’t easy to make a living in midcoast Maine and they […]
Read More >Rock City Coffee Workers to Become Business Owners
ROCKLAND — The pending sale of Rock City Coffee and Rock City Coffee Roasters to their workers will assure the continuation of the longtime downtown businesses. Susanne Ward, who founded the […]
Read More >7 resistance-themed board games to strengthen your injustice-fighting skills
Exhausted personally and politically by the current state of the world? Or just need a distraction — something to lighten up the remaining days of winter? Here’s a recommendation: Play […]
Read More >At Law Forum, Experts Discuss Worker Co-ops as Economic Model
Worker cooperatives are a viable alternative to corporate capitalism, yet they are rarely brought up in political discourse, two speakers at a Harvard Law Forum event argued Wednesday. Nathan Schneider, […]
Read More >International Women’s Day – How do co-ops perform as women employers?
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, Co-op News asked women co-operators to share their experiences in the movement. Themed Press For Progress, the day is a call to […]
Read More >To End A Food Desert, These Community Members Opened Their Own Grocery
A decade ago, there were more than 50 liquor stores in West Oakland and zero full-service grocery stores. But in 2009, community members launched Mandela Foods Cooperative, a health food […]
Read More >218 Cooperative Takes Next Step To Grow the Arts in San Marcos
Worker-owned agricultural cooperatives played a large role in creating a vibrant San Marcos economy throughout the last century. 218 Cooperative members were inspired to revive the tradition… San Marcos, TX […]
Read More >Nonprofits Shift Baby Boomer Businesses to Worker Ownership in Bid for Community Sustainability
“If you’re a boomer business owner planning for succession, you can’t afford to overlook the employee ownership option,” writes Lori Shepherd in Entrepreneur. At NPQ, we have written about the […]
Read More >Dan Kinney of Catamount Solar honored by peers with Distinguished Jim Grundy Award
Montpelier, VT – At a reception overflowing the Vermont State House’s Cedar Creek Room, Renewable Energy Vermont presented co-founder of Catamount Solar, Dan Kinney with the 2017 Jim Grundy Award […]
Read More >Artisan Beverage Cooperative’s new Tasting Room puts craft libations on tap
GREENFIELD – The tasting room at the Artisan Beverage Cooperative is a place to spend time with friends in a relaxed environment and try new Katalyst Kombucha, Green River Ambrosiamead and […]
Read More >Greenfield worker-owned PV Squared Solar Firm Earns National Kudos
“Solar (energy) is worth looking into for everyone,” Josh Hilsdon says with certainty. He is the commercial design and sales consultant for Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics Cooperative Inc., also known as […]
Read More >PV Squared Welcomes Five New Worker-owners
GREENFIELD — PV Squared, a worker-owned cooperative and certified B Corp solar-installation company located in Greenfield, recently welcomed five new worker-owners to the ownership team. Each of the new worker-owners […]
Read More >2017 Was a Good Year for Worker Cooperatives
Promising as the worker cooperative model is, on-the-ground businesses tend to have a difficult time growing, as Next City has covered. In 2014, the city of New York announced a […]
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