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March 10, 2016 at 7pm - March 12, 2016
I work with workers in crisis. I’ve been to hundreds of factories across the globe that were being closed. I’ve observed the damage losing work causes, the anguish of workers whose lives were being destroyed, and the communities torn apart in the aftermath.
It seems likely that casual, project-based work isn’t going to go away any time soon.
It has been a long two years, but the collaborating team behind the brewery Together We're Bitter is excited to finally be opening near downtown Kitchener.
Ever thought about living and working in the community at the heart of the Campaign for Fair Food? Excited about learning from and contributing to one of the most successful worker-led movements of our time?
The ally team in Immokalee hires interns to live and work in Immokalee every summer, fall and spring. AFF staff applications are due on April 6.
I recently visited a 50+ employee company based in the Bay Area. We were in a typical conference room with a projector, glass walls, well-appointed plants, and absurdly comfortable chairs.
Ellary: I understand that The Co-op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial is a funeral home owned by the members of People’s Memorial Association. Will you explain what the People’s Memorial Association is?
To tell the story of the collective impact of worker cooperatives on workers and communities in NYC, we invite all worker cooperatives to take the Best for NYC Challenge, which will measure their social and environmental impact. We are hoping to report out the collective impact of worker cooperatives in NYC by the worker cooperative conference in May.
While Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling it out on the appropriate rate for minimum wage ($12 and $15, respectively), economic policies pertaining to “shared ownership” strategies, such as employee ownership and profit-sharing, deserve greater attention. Both forms of shared ownership have been shown to boost economic growth by increasing productivity, profits, wages, and firm innovation.
The Great Recession fueled new interest in worker-owned cooperatives, in which employees double as business owners. Though rare, worker-owned co-ops are on the rise. Advocates say when employees are in control, workers benefit and businesses are more stable. But worker co-ops have to function in a capitalist world. Can they really compete?
Yes, mavericks can be flawed, and no, you probably wouldn't want to give them the full financial run of an organisation because that's not their strength, and of course, as an organisation builds around them they need a good Board to support them, but mavericks can make amazing things happen, and in a world where politicians are usually 'on message' tow-ers of party lines, I think we need mavericks more t
