Ward Lumber Transitions Ownership to Employees Worker-owned cooperative is first of its kind in the region Jay, N.Y and Malone, N.Y. — The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business […]
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Pittsburgh Hosts Nation’s First Citywide Task Force on Employee Ownership
PA – Pittsburgh kicked off the nation’s first citywide task force by hosting a meeting on employee ownership on Sept. 5 at Chatham University. Pittsburgh created the task force on […]
Read More >Oakland has a new worker-owned supermarket
The DEEP (Deep East Oakland Empowering the People) Grocery Co-op was conceived in 2019 as a way to bring organic and locally grown foods to areas of East Oakland without nearby full-service […]
Read More >Worker-Owned Businesses Are Having a Moment
If you want to launch a co-op, Baltimore may be one of the best places in the U.S. to do it. There’s a small but sturdy network of worker co-ops […]
Read More >Opinion: More companies should consider employee ownership
At a time when pandemic-driven job losses are being felt by so many in our community, leaders in business and government should work together to help empower our region’s hardworking […]
Read More >Josh Hilsdon: Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics co-op
PVSquared is on the cutting-edge. I remembered when they were being incubated by the Franklin County Community Development Corporation, which has helped hundreds of new businesses get started. PVSquared started […]
Read More >Obvious Agency and Creative Cooperative Futures
As artists, we have long believed racialized capitalism, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and ableism fuel the theatre industry and undergird the business structures available to us. Accordingly, when we first decided to found […]
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Now Available | Democratic Management: A Practical Guide for Managers and Others
Democracy at Work Institute’s Democratic Management: A Practical Guide for Managers and Others is a best-of collection of democratic practices used by worker cooperative managers and taught by some of the […]
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Is your cooperative entitled to a refund for retaining employees? Find out.
Did you have payroll expenses last year? Will you have payroll expenses first or second quarter of 2021? Was your company struggling during the pandemic and is it continuing to […]
Read More >Spoke Folks Bike Cooperative pedals into 2021
fully launched to haul trash, recycling and compost via bike and trailer Read more at https://bangordailynews.com/2021/02/11/bdn-maine/spoke-folks-bike-cooperative-pedals-into-2021/
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Recording: Get Your Co-op Ready for Tax Season 2021
It’s tax time – where do we start? This webinar will help businesses to navigate tax season, with an emphasis on the particular needs for worker cooperatives when doing their […]
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Advocates Fought to Make Co-ops Eligible for Paycheck Protection Loans
2020 was difficult for all small businesses, and particularly for worker cooperatives. Faced with a lack of understanding from the Small Business Administration as well as lenders facilitating the Paycheck […]
Read More >Baltimore’s Taharka Brothers latest business to convert to worker-owned cooperative
This week, Taharka Brothers is adding a new line to its resume. The ice cream maker became a worker-owned cooperative, joining the growing ranks of such companies in a city […]
Read More >5 Accounting Tasks That Can’t Be Ignored
Keep an eye on these financial management basics, from invoicing to end-of-year planning As you run your business, you may be focusing on the things that are more enjoyable, while […]
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Japan passes its first Worker Cooperative Bill since 1978
On December 4, 2020, a Worker Cooperative Bill was passed by the House of Councilors (Diet) in Japan. “We, cooperative workers in Japan, finally got a law of our own! […]
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#ShopCoop this Holiday Season
This holiday season, buy gifts for friends and loved ones from cooperatives! Whether you purchase a product or a service, cooperatives offer and deliver great quality while being owned by […]
Read More >Co-Op Owned By Formerly Incarcerated Black Women Wins Grant To Bring More Healthy Meals To South And West Sides
A food service company on the West Side will be able to expand thanks to a $100,000 grant recogizing its work breaking down the social barriers that cause health disparities. […]
Read More >Produce for the people: Immigrant-led Riquezas del Campo farm still growing after first year
The immigrant-led, worker-owned cooperative farm got started later in the growing season when it started in 2019 and had just one customer, said Lorena Moreno, a founding member of the […]
Read More >Former Lab Zero employees found new games studio, Future Club
A veteran team of artists, programmers, and designers behind the award-winning games Skullgirls and Indivisible have banded together to form Future Club, a cooperatively structured independent game studio founded with […]
Read More >Baby Boomers: Incredible Numbers are Buying and Selling Businesses
Read more at https://cabb.org/news/baby-boomers-incredible-numbers-are-buying-and-selling-businesses-part-1-2
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