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Matt Cropp of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center discusses the basics of worker cooperative structure.

I gave the following remarks about commons governance on September 27 as part of the U!REKA Lab Lecture Series.

A documentary film about the 40 year history of the Olympia Food Co-op.

Michael Johnson discusses his upcoming book, "The Growing Democracy Project," with Vernon Oakes.

Collaboration and democratic decision making is just part of how worker owned businesses, or co-ops, fared better than other companies during the pandemic. By and large they survived, even thrived, and today they’re less likely to experience the labor shortages many businesses face as the economy reopens.

Green Mountain Spinnery is a 40 year old cooperative based in rural Vermont; Flat Iron Cafe is a cooperatively owned coffee shop also based in Vermont.

A report on Guerrilla Translation's first in-person retreat since the beginning of the pandemic.

Fairmondo is an online-marketplace owned by its local users currently based in Germany. It is an ethical alternative aiming to compete against Amazon’s extractive model.

We discuss the origins and development of the credit union movement, the unique role of Community Development Credit Unions, and how these member-owned financial co-ops grow community wealth, support economic development, and build resilient local economies.

Different ways to convert a business to a worker co-op over time.