Gleanings
Senate committee holds hearing on employee ownership in Montpelier
Vermont Employee Ownership Center reports onthe field hearing of the Senate committee on Health, Education, Kabir, and Pensions (HELP) conerning worker-ownership legislation Sen Bernie Sanders has introduced. http://www.veoc.org/hearing.html
A Question in Latin America: What Kind of Solidarity Economy?
Doing Green Jobs Right
2010 Canadian Worker Co-op Federation AGM and Conference open for registration
Bread Without Bosses
The mascot of the Alvarado Street Bakery (ASB) is an orange and black cat, with a swinging tail and a sly grin. Perhaps his feisty smile is the result of good working conditions. ASB is the worker owned and run cooperative featured in Michael Moore’s recent film Capitalism: A Love Story as an example of economic democracy. ASB is based in Petaluma, California, but ships nationally through their website. In this interview, Joseph Tuck of ASB tells The Socialist about the company’s practices.
Are worker co-ops making a difference? an interview
From grocery stores and bakeries to bike shops and day care centers, worker-owned cooperatives are gaining popularity across the country. How are they faring in the recession? What solutions do co-ops offer for today’s recession/depression? If they gain even more popularity, could they transform the economy and the way we think it should work?
Guests include Dan Thomases, a founding member of Box Dog Bikes co-op, John Kusakabe of the Arizmendi Bakery co-op, and Hilary Abell of Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES).
Bread Without Bosses An Interview with the Alvarado Street Bakery
orange and black cat, with a swinging tail and a sly
grin. Perhaps his feisty smile is the result of good
working conditions.
Hightower on Unemployment & Cooperatives
A new video interview with Jim Hightower on "unemployment and worker cooperatives."
A BRIEF HISTORY OF COOPERATIVES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA
An Outline History of Cooperatives in the Bay Area and California
