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Category: California

Echo Adventure Cooperative – Groveland, CA

Industry: Recreation and Tourism Location: Groveland, California Number of workers: 6 Became […]

Niles Pie – Union City, CA

Niles Pie is a 10-employee worker cooperative bakery in Union City, CA. […]

A Slice of New York – Santa Clara, CA

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Santa Clara, California Number of employees: 33 Became […]

The Stud – San Francisco, CA

This business closed in 2020. Industry: Food and Beverage Location: San Francisco, California […]

February 19, 2017June 19, 2019California, Food and Beverage, News, Project Equity

San Francisco Chronicle – Employee ownership may help businesses stay open as Boomers retire

From the San Francisco Chronicle: Working at a pizza shop isn’t usually […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Scruf Pet Care Collective – Oakland, CA

Industry: Pet Services Location: Oakland, California Number of employees: 3 Became employee […]

Ariza Cheese – Los Angeles, CA

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Los Angeles, California Number of employees: 25 […]

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Popular Company Stories

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA
  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY
  • 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
  • Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY
  • Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC
  • 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?
  • What Should an Employee Transition Team Focus on?
  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?
  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

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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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