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August 4, 2016November 14, 2018News

Stud Bar Owner Says He Will Sell to San Francisco Co-op

From ABC News: A group says they have formed a co-op and […]

July 1, 2016June 19, 2019New Jersey, News

Next City – In Newark, Immigrant Entrepreneurs Put Their Own Spin on Starting a Business

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, […]

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 […]

May 1, 2016June 19, 2019News, Texas

Yes – Immigrant Moms Were Told They Can’t Have Jobs—So They Started Their Own Tamale Co-op

March 28, 2016June 19, 2019U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

The Nation – Worker Cooperatives Are More Productive Than Normal Companies

From The Nation: By prioritizing worker autonomy, co-ops provide more sustainable long-term […]

March 2, 2016November 11, 2019Maine, News

Forbes – Entrepreneurs Looking To Exit, Your Employees May Be Your Buyers

From Forbes: Twin threats to economic growth and prosperity can both be […]

February 24, 2016March 14, 2017News

Workers to Owners How We Are Coming Together as a Field to Transform Companies, and the Us Economy

From Co-op Water Cooler I recently visited a 50+ employee company based […]

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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

  • Ohio

  • New York

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.

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