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April 23, 2019December 3, 2019California, Cooperative Development Institute, Democracy at Work Institute, Maine, Massachusetts, News, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, Policy, The Democracy Collaborative

Truthout – Explosion of Interest in Worker Cooperatives Drives Economic Changes

From Truthout: It’s been more than 10 years since the financial crisis […]

March 8, 2019June 19, 2019Democracy at Work Institute, News, SBA, The Democracy Collaborative

The Nation – What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

From The Nation: While many coops are start-ups, conversion of conventional businesses […]

March 6, 2019June 19, 2019California, News, Policy, Project Equity, Sustainable Economies Law Center, The Democracy Collaborative, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

East Bay Express – Berkeley Pledges Support and Funding for Worker Co-ops

From the East Bay Express: Last week, the Cheeseboard’s longtime home committed […]

December 14, 2018March 28, 2019Michigan, News, The Democracy Collaborative

General Motors’ Factories Should Not Be Closed. They Should Be Turned Over to the Workers

From Counterpunch: It’s become something of a shopworn cliché to say that […]

June 23, 2014July 26, 2019Florida, News, Pennsylvania, Texas, The Democracy Collaborative, Virginia, Washington DC

Democracy Collaborative – City governments building community wealth and cooperative local economies

From the Democracy Collaborative: The Roundtable process (in which The Democracy Collaborative […]

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Featured Pages

Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

Resources for the SBA and Main Street Employee Ownership Act

Financing Case Studies

Resources for Rural Employee Ownership

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

  • California

  • Washington

  • Florida

  • Illinois

  • Colorado

  • Maryland

  • Virginia

  • Wisconsin

  • New York

  • Ohio

Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

  • Manufacturing

  • 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.

Learn more at www.institute.coop

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