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January 23, 2017June 19, 2019Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative

Yes – From Grocery Stores to Labor Unions, Cooperatives Were the Answer

From Yes Magazine: In the decades after World War II, the union […]

Zingerman’s – Ann Arbor, MI

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Number of employees: 700 […]

Arbor Assays – Ann Arbor, MI

Industry: Medical Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Number of employees: 11 Became employee […]

September 7, 2016June 19, 2019Shared Capital Cooperative, The Working World

Yes – 6 Ways We’re Already Leading an Economic Revolution

From Yes Magazine: Worker-cooperative advocates are building a parallel ecosystem of this […]

August 10, 2016June 19, 2019Democracy at Work Institute, Project Equity, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

Century Foundation – Reducing Economic Inequality through Democratic Worker-Ownership

From The Century Foundation: Employee-owned companies are a specific type of for-profit […]

May 26, 2016June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Democracy at Work Institute, Maine, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Yes – As Boomers Retire, Mom-and-Pop Businesses Convert to Co-ops to Save Jobs

From Yes Magazine: Five years later, things are better for Rock City, […]

Electric Violin Shop – Durham, NC

Electric Violin Shop is a 5-employee instrument sales and repair shop in […]

May 16, 2016June 19, 2019Carolina Common Enterprise, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Music, North Carolina

Electric Violin Shop – Under New Ownership: EVS Converts To A Worker-owned Cooperative

From the Electric Violin Shop: May 16th, 2016 looked like any normal […]

May 5, 2016March 5, 2019California, Democracy at Work Institute, New York, The Working World, Wisconsin

Webinar Recap – Poverty Alleviation and Systems Change with Worker Cooperatives

From Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy: A time-tested approach to community economic development […]

May 3, 2016November 11, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Maine, News

Shelterforce – The Next Boom for Worker Co-ops?

From Shelterforce For Ward, Rock City’s employees were family, and even though […]

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Popular Company Stories

  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA

  • A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA

  • New School of Montpelier – Montpelier, VT

  • Brooklyn Stone and Tile, Brooklyn NY

  • A Child’s Place – Queens, NY

  • ChiFresh Kitchen – Chicago, IL

  • Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

  • Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY

  • Once Again Nut Butter – Nunda, NY

Popular Pages

  • Worker Cooperative LLCs

  • What are the Stages of a Transition to Employee Ownership for a Small Business?

  • How are Small Business Employee Ownership Transitions Financed?

  • How Does Small Business Employee Ownership Work?

  • How Do I Create an Ownership Culture Among Employees?

  • What is Small Business Employee Ownership?

  • What are the Benefits of Employee Ownership?

  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

Popular Places

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Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

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  • Construction

  • Tech

  • Childcare

  • Health

  • Grocery

  • Cleaning

  • Landscaping

Becoming Employee Owned is an initiative of the Democracy at Work Institute.

Our mission is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-­wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that creates meaningful change in the economy.

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