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January 19, 2019June 19, 2019ESOP, News, Pennsylvania

Lancaster Online – What’s an ESOP? Experts say employee stock ownership plans help keep businesses in PA

From Lancaster Online: The benefits of the program are extraordinary. McPhillips shares […]

January 10, 2019June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Maine, News

Sun Journal – Chamber offers series on leaving a business

From the Sun Journal: The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, in […]

January 9, 2019June 19, 2019Center for Community Based Enterprise, Michigan

Detroit Metro Times – Detroit’s Center for Community Based Enterprise has an innovative approach to improve work culture — make employees the owners

From the Detroit Metro Times: The nonprofit Center for Community Based Enterprise […]

January 4, 2019November 11, 2019Arizona, News

KJZZ – Why There’s A Push To Grow Cooperative Businesses In Arizona

From KJZZ: Ace Hardware, Ocean Spray and Land O’ Lakes are some […]

January 1, 2019June 19, 2019Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Worcester Roots

Worcester Telegram – Co-op members embrace alternative approach to business

From the Worcester Telegram: Lisa A. McCarthy, of Worcester Bookkeeping Cooperative, at […]

December 19, 2018June 19, 2019News, Vermont, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Vermont Business Magazine – A year of change for employee-owned Gardener’s Supply

Read the full story at Vermont Business Magazine  “2018 was a transformative […]

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 […]

December 13, 2018February 19, 2019News, Rhode Island

R.I.’s first worker cooperative is hailed

December 11, 2018June 19, 2019California, Concerned Capital, News

Los Angeles EWDD – LA Economic & Workforce Development helps transition company ownership from retiring owners to long term employees

From the Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development Department: The City of Los […]

December 6, 2018June 19, 2019Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative, The Working World

NPQ – A National Worker Co-op Financing Network Emerges

From NPQ: “In 2017, Minnesota was named the second-most unequal state for Black […]

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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.

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