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Category: Washington

Burial Grounds Collective – Olympia, WA

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 6 Became […]

Marine Surveys and Assessments – Port Townsend, WA

Industry: Environmental Services Location: Port Townsend, Washington Number of employees: 9 Became […]

Le Voyeur – Olympia, WA

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 6 Became […]

Working Systems – Olympia, WA

Industry: Tech Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 15 Became employee owned: […]

Orca Books – Olympia, WA

Industry: Books Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 7 Became employee owned: […]

April 23, 2019December 3, 2019News, Project Equity, Washington

New Research Details Effects of ‘Silver Tsunami’ on Local Economies and What To Do About It

From Whatcom Talk: Project Equity, a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to advancing community […]

March 4, 2019June 19, 2019Idaho, News, Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Oregon, Washington

Fifty by Fifty – Northwest Cooperative Development Center Launches Legacy Project

From Fifty by Fifty: Thurston County, where the Northwest Cooperative Development Center […]

Capital Homecare Cooperative – Olympia, WA

Industry: Home Care Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 4 Became employee […]

A1DesignBuild – Bellingham, WA

A1DesignBuild is a 21-employee worker cooperative that does residential sustainable design and […]

July 6, 2017June 19, 2019News, Washington

Whatcom Talk – Let’s Cooperate! How A-1 Builders Owners Successfully Sold to the Most Qualified Buyers: Their Employees

From Whatcom Talk (pdf): The idea of selling A-1 Builders to their […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

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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

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  • Virginia

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  • New York

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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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