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May 12, 2017June 19, 2019News

In These Times – Amid “Constitutional Crisis,” Bernie Sanders Urges Workers To Seize Means of Production

From In These Times (pdf): “…two bills introduced to relatively little fanfare […]

April 5, 2017June 19, 2019News, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Wisconsin

Stevens Point City Times – North Wind Renewable Energy Transitions to Employee-Owned Cooperative

From the Stevens Point City Times:North Wind Renewable Energy has announced the […]

November 1, 2016November 13, 2018News

Cal Solar Employees Vote to Explore Becoming Nevada County’s First Worker-owned Co-op

From Briarpatch: BriarPatch is proud to work with locally-owned California Solar Electric […]

May 3, 2016November 11, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Maine, News

Shelterforce – The Next Boom for Worker Co-ops?

From Shelterforce For Ward, Rock City’s employees were family, and even though […]

March 2, 2016November 11, 2019Maine, News

Forbes – Entrepreneurs Looking To Exit, Your Employees May Be Your Buyers

From Forbes: Twin threats to economic growth and prosperity can both be […]

November 24, 2015February 19, 2019Maine, News

Going Co-op Employee Ownership Sustains Business Legacy

From the Island Institute: The effort to sustain our communities and their […]

July 30, 2015June 19, 2019Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, News, Vermont, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

VT Digger – Employees Purchase The New School Of Montpelier From Founder As A Worker Cooperative

From VT Digger: The employees of The New School of Montpelier (NSM) in […]

April 25, 2015February 19, 2019Maine, News

Augusta Conference Tracks Conversion of Business to Worker-owned Cooperative

From the Kennebec Journal: Last June, 42 employees of four businesses on […]

November 12, 2014June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Maine

Pacific Standard – Buying Out Your Boss: Worker Cooperatives Are the Future of Small Business

From the Pacific Standard:  The recent Market Basket strike — 25,000 employees from 71 […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

Resources for the SBA and Main Street Employee Ownership Act

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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

  • 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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