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Category: Illinois

ChiFresh Kitchen – Chicago, IL

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Chicago, Illinois Number of employees: 6 Became employee […]

Outskirts Vintage – Chicago, IL

Industry: Clothing Location: Chicago, Illinois Number of employees: 3 Became employee owned: 2019 […]

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019Illinois, News, Policy

Illinois Proposal Aims To Empower Worker Co-Ops

From NPR: Some Illinois lawmakers want to make it easier for worker […]

March 13, 2019April 1, 2019Illinois, News, Policy

What is the Carbondale Spring? A proposed 4-point plan for Carbondale’s future

From the Southern: he Carbondale Spring also proposes changes to business growth […]

March 11, 2019March 18, 2019Illinois, News

Carbondale Spring plan reimagines future of city, combats climate change

From The Daily Egyptian: Henson said the idea behind the cooperative business […]

February 22, 2019June 19, 2019Illinois, News

Fifty by Fifty – Chicago Turns to Cooperatives to Improve Opportunity

From Fifty by Fifty: Hoda Katebi, an Iranian-American fashion designer, known for […]

November 14, 2018March 18, 2019Illinois, Policy

John Marshall BELAW Clinic Helps Get Worker Cooperative Resolution Passed in Cook County

From John Marshall Law School The Business Enterprise Law Clinic (BELAW) at […]

October 17, 2018April 1, 2019Illinois, News, Policy

Worker cooperatives face particular challenges in Illinois

From the Chicago Reporter: With the help of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos, […]

August 31, 2018July 23, 2019Illinois, News

A New Push For Employee Ownership in Chicago

From Forbes: Social entrepreneurs interested in ESOPs and worker owned cooperatives: Take […]

New Prairie Construction – Urbana, IL

New Prairie Construction is a 25-employee general contractor in Urbana, Illinois, with […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

Resources for the SBA and Main Street Employee Ownership Act

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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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