CUPS/ White Electric — Providence, RI

Location: Providence, RI                                                                      

Industry: Cafe

Number of employees: 15

Became employee-owned: 2021

Assistance: Cooperative Fund of New England

From the Company: http://whiteelectriccoffee.com/

Learn More: 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/13/metro/white-electric-reopens-rhode-islands-only-cooperatively-run-coffee-shop/ 

https://motifri.com/whiteelectriccoop/ 

Providence Journal – White Electric coffee purchased by worker-owned cooperative (2021)

Uprise RI – CUPS organizing story: From unionization to worker-owned co-op café (2021)

Uprise RI – RI’s first unionized coffee shop needs your support to become worker-owned (2020) Coop cafe in Providence 

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