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June 30, 2019December 3, 2019News, Project Equity

Mercury News – Workers rising: The push for city-supported worker coops is taking hold in these Bay Area cities

From the Mercury News: When Rendell “Ren” Boguiren got a job in […]

June 21, 2019December 3, 2019California, News

San Francisco Chronicle – How dedicated dog lovers saved their canine day care in Oakland

From the San Francisco Chronicle: In late March, the clients and staff […]

June 21, 2019December 3, 2019California, News, Pet Services

How dedicated dog lovers saved their canine day care in Oakland

From the San Francisco Chronicle: In late March, the clients and staff […]

June 19, 2019December 3, 2019Georgia, News

Atlanta Business Journal – Choate Construction moves towards 100% employee-ownership

From the Atlanta Business Journal:  One of Atlanta’s top private companies ranked […]

June 16, 2019December 3, 2019News, Vermont, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Burlington Free Press – Employee Owned Companies Gain Traction

From the Burlington Free Press: For Jason and Shaun, an ESOP was the […]

June 13, 2019December 3, 2019California, News, Project Equity, Uncategorized

Project Equity – Project Equity keeps Berkeley businesses rooted in the local economy

In the first video (above), Jordan Klein, the City of Berkeley’s Economic […]

May 10, 2019December 3, 2019Cooperation Buffalo, News, Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Onondaga SBDC, Project Equity, SBA

Fifty by Fifty – SBDC Working Group Pilots Employee Ownership Training

From Fifty by Fifty: The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, passed in […]

May 9, 2019December 3, 2019Minnesota, News, Shared Capital Cooperative

Next City – The Co-op With Forty Years of Making Loans to Co-ops

From Next City: At Shared Capital Cooperative, a Twin Cities-based loan fund, […]

May 9, 2019December 3, 2019California, Democracy at Work Institute, News, Sustainable Economies Law Center, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Santa Barbara Independent – Worker-Owned Cooperatives Can Succeed

From the Santa Barbara Independent: The phenomenon of worker-owned cooperatives is a […]

May 8, 2019December 3, 2019Capital Impact Partners, News

Cision – Capital Impact Partners and The Workers Lab Support Immigrant Communities through Fifth Annual Co-op Innovation Award

From Cision: ARLINGTON, Va. and NEW YORK, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Co-ops have real power […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

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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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