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Working Systems – Olympia, WA

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

The Workers to Owners Collaborative

Workers to Owners is a national collaborative of organizations working to transition […]

Orca Books – Olympia, WA

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

May 10, 2019December 3, 2019Cooperation Buffalo, News, Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Onondaga SBDC, Project Equity, SBA

Fifty by Fifty – SBDC Working Group Pilots Employee Ownership Training

From Fifty by Fifty: The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, passed in […]

May 2, 2019December 3, 2019California, Manufacturing, News, Policy, Project Equity

Huffington Post – This City Has A Radical Plan To Get Rid Of Bosses

From the Huffington Post: In a 4,000-square-foot industrial space tucked away in […]

Alliance Mechanical – Essex Junction, VT

Industry: Construction Location:Essex Junction, Vermont Number of employees: 125 Became employee owned: […]

Mainer News – Woolwich, ME

Industry: News Location: Woolwich, Maine Number of employees: 10 Became employee owned: 2019 […]

April 23, 2019December 3, 2019California, Cooperative Development Institute, Democracy at Work Institute, Maine, Massachusetts, News, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, Policy, The Democracy Collaborative

Truthout – Explosion of Interest in Worker Cooperatives Drives Economic Changes

From Truthout: It’s been more than 10 years since the financial crisis […]

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019Colorado, News, Policy

Polis creates commission to fulfill promise of economy that works for all, not just wealthy

From the Gazette: “A big part of that solution is participatory capitalism, […]

April 10, 2019June 19, 2019Colorado, News, Policy

KOAA – Gov. Polis signs executive order to establish commission on employee ownership

From KOAA News 5: Governor Jared Polis was in Colorado Springs Wednesday […]

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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

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Popular Sectors

  • Farming

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  • 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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