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 […]
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Employee-owned businesses foster healthier local economies
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 […]
Read More >Riding the Wave: Cooperative Conversion and the Silver Tsunami
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 […]
Read More >Latest Worker Co-op Survey Shows More Co-ops but Fewer Workers
Bi-annual census shows growing number of regions where worker co-ops flourishing Read more on Fifty by Fifty .org Employee Ownership News
Read More >How worker cooperatives shift power to workers
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 […]
Read More >New Arrivals Restructure 150-Year-Old Marshfield Village Store as a Worker-Owned Cooperative
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 […]
Read More >Virtual event touts benefits of worker-owned cooperatives
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 […]
Read More >This Ride-Hailing App Alternative Is Owned By The Drivers
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 […]
Read More >Using Cooperatives to Empower Formerly Incarcerated People—An L.A. Story
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 […]
Read More >Worker-Owned Home Care Co-ops Growing Despite Challenging Industry Environment
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 […]
Read More >Why Worker-Owned Food Co-Ops Are Suddenly Hot In The Rise And Grind Era
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 […]
Read More >Worker-owned thrift store opening in Hamtramck reimagines what second-hand shopping should be
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 […]
Read More >Canada’s small businesses could be saved by converting them to co-operatives
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 […]
Read More >Evergreen Cooperatives helps companies shift to co-ops, share profits with workers
The idea of a career and work day has changed a lot since the pandemic started in March 2020 and that’s already making many employees rethink what they want and […]
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Strengthen the Worker Co-op Movement in the U.S. — donate to the USFWC!
Lea esta publicación en español The worker co-op movement is gaining momentum fast as many realize that after COVID-19, we can’t rely on a profit-centered economy if we want our […]
Read More >Employees purchase iconic Maine T-shirt company
Nearly two years ago, Liberty Graphics employees began to talk to Opper about the potential of buying the company through a worker cooperative. Of the 25 current employees, lots have […]
Read More >White Electric reopens as Rhode Island’s only cooperatively run coffee shop
“No one individual is going to get rich, and that’s the way we want it,” Chassaing said. “We do want to ensure living wages though, and we’re confident that without […]
Read More >Worker-owned cooperatives and the future of Rust Belt labor
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Cleveland’s Phoenix Coffee changed the way it worked. One store temporarily shut down, and four others transitioned to takeout only. Its employees, like many of […]
Read More >Co-op Conversions “Best Bet for Cultural Preservation
Last year, the disruptions of COVID-19, skyrocketing rents, and boomer owners opting to retire led to the demise of some of Austin’s most beloved businesses. The Austin Cooperative Business Association […]
Read More >Employee-ownership can prevent job losses and closures when North Country business owners retire
With more typical options like family, closing, or selling to a big box retailer off the table, Ward had to get creative. The answer turned out to be right in […]
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