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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 […]

December 16, 2016July 25, 2019Washington DC

DCist – This Worker-Owned Cooperative Is ‘Bigger Than A Business’

From DCist: That sentiment, the desire to pull up those who have […]

November 8, 2016November 11, 2019News, Texas

Waging Nonviolence: – How Uber and Lyft were driven from Austin and replaced with a worker cooperative

Read at Waging Nonviolence:  Two years ago, what is now the third-largest […]

November 1, 2016November 13, 2018News

Cal Solar Employees Vote to Explore Becoming Nevada County’s First Worker-owned Co-op

From Briarpatch: BriarPatch is proud to work with locally-owned California Solar Electric […]

October 10, 2016July 26, 2019California, Minnesota, New York, News, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

GEO – How Urban Governments Are Promoting Worker Co-ops

From Grassroots Economic Organizing: City governments are shaping up as key actors […]

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 […]

September 1, 2016June 19, 2019California, Florida, Idaho, News

The Atlantic – The Life-Changing Magic of Turning Employees Into Shareholders

From The Atlantic: Research shows that companies with significant employee ownership grow faster […]

August 30, 2016June 19, 2019News

The Hill – Powerful, Under-used Tool For Reducing Income-inequality: Broad-based Ownership

From The Hill: When income inequality in the United States is reportedly the […]

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 […]

August 4, 2016November 8, 2019ESOP, Minnesota

Star Tribune – Employee ownership gaining popular and political support

From the Star Tribune A growing number of employees in Minnesota also […]

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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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