Ariel Guarco from Argentina has been elected president of the International Co-operative Alliance. The election took place at the International Co-operative Alliance’s General Assembly, a biennial event, held this year […]
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New “State of the Co-op Economy” report counts 40,000 co-ops in U.S.
by Elizabeth Lechleitner/NCBA CLUSA “Measuring the impact of cooperatives is much more than measuring their total employment, total revenue, or the total number of establishments and businesses, but it’s a […]
Read More >Worker co-op bill means more Rhode Islanders can own businesses
By Aran Valente on October 23, 2017 On September 19, 2017 the Rhode Island General Assembly passed Senator Donna Nesslebush’s Senate Bill 0676 Sub A and Representative Shelby Maldonado’s House […]
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Blueprint for The Most Radical City on the Planet
Image via huffingtonpost.com In July 2017, 34 year old Chokwe Antar Lumumba was sworn in as Mayor of Jackson Mississippi. He soon announced that the city was going to be “the most radical […]
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NEW CUCI Co-op in Childcare! Introducing Nanny Share
CUCI has begun investigating the possibilities of creating a multi-stakeholder cooperative (ie.worker and parent owned) in the childcare industry. We have started this work by doing a small pilot nanny […]
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Worker-Owned Businesses Get More Support From D.C.
“Federal officials and policymakers are putting more emphasis on worker-ownership of businesses. This support comes at a time when the cooperative model — a business owned and controlled by its workers, who […]
Read More >Nurses Join Forces With Labor Union to Launch Healthcare Platform Cooperative
“This the first time that our union has had a worker cooperative partner … we had to be slow and careful in a way we couldn’t be with a different […]
Read More >Unions and Worker Co-ops, Old Allies, Are Joining Forces Again
“From the early days of the labor movement, as John Curl makes clear in his excellent book For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and […]
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After raising more than $9,000, the Maryland Co-op is back — with mac ‘n cheese (PS, there’s still time to donate!)
“Immediately … we got a huge amount of support from the community,” said Chris Moulson, a worker-owner at the Co-op for the past four years. “People came out left and […]
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Employee Ownership and the Next System
“In the near future, worker cooperatives will have a very essential role in converting existing small businesses where the founder wants to retire to broad based employee ownership. Any notion […]
Read More >Another City Comes Out for Converting Local Businesses into Worker Cooperatives
Over the years, NPQ has covered several stories where a city declares itself as open and ready to actively support worker cooperatives. Some examples are Rochester, N.Y., New York City, and Madison, Wisconsin. Now, […]
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Santa Ana City Council Takes First Step Towards Supporting Worker Cooperatives
Photo via OC Weekly A burgeoning worker cooperative movement in Santa Ana gained momentum in the form of a resolution passed by city council last night. For the past year, co-ops […]
Read More >Check out this ECWD Video from New Glasses
Check out this video from the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy, featuring interviews with our Communications Director Mo Manklang and Executive Director Esteban Kelly. New Glasses is an innovative urban […]
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Webinar: Impact Investing in Worker Cooperatives
Recorded April 26, 2017 Worker cooperatives are a highly underrepresented business model that have tremendous positive impacts for employees, businesses and communities. This webinar is targeted for impact investors and others […]
Read More >Unstoppable: How cooperative businesses are transforming communities in Philadelphia
The power of cooperatives is truly unstoppable – if we support this movement together. Were you inspired by the power of organizing for economic justice through cooperative enterprise shown in this […]
Read More >Maine lobstermen’s union votes to buy Hancock County lobster business
The Maine Lobstering Union voted Saturday to buy a wholesale lobster business near Mount Desert Island to help its fishermen net a bigger share of the profit in the booming, […]
Read More >CommonsPlace Second episode
In this episode we have an interview with Nathan Schneider. A re cap on the Hearing on Co-op Development in Philadelphia. And our section in Spanish staring in minute 23:30. […]
Read More >CommonsPlace First episode
This episode we are celebrating Co-op Month with some words from our Executive Director Esteban Kelly. We have our regular news segment by David with the last updates nationally and […]
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