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Today I want to examine a dynamic about which people frequently get confused—especially when they're upset: the difference between having concerns and the way they're expressed.

The Valley Alliance of Worker Co-ops is a secondary cooperative, meaning they are a cooperative made up of member co-ops.

Instead of cooking up co-ops from scratch, some co-op developers are buying existing firms and converting them to co-ops.

Cooperating to Enhance Native American Food Economies

Worker cooperative members and developers discuss the use of Sociocracy in worker co-ops, and answer questions from webinar participants.

Kim Capen, the ROC Association Director for the New England Region, talks about his work on the ROC Association, including specific initiatives regarding stigma and branding.

With Covid’s impacts still being felt and a decade of business sales about to erupt it is key that we learn how to make WBOs as easy as possible for prospective worker-owners.

Chad Rittenberry gives his perspective on what worked and what didn’t in Mutual Aid response to the winter storm of February 2021, as well as how some local organizers plan to be even more prepared for when the next disaster strikes.

A report on the factors that lead to Worker Buyouts of failing firms and those without succession plans in Italy.

Niki Okuk, COO of RCO Tires cooperative, discusses the tribulations and the successes of doing business as a worker co-op.