Grassroots Economic Organizing

Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Worker Cooperatives

Businesses that are owned and democratically controlled by their workers/employees (called "worker-owners").

October 3, 2016

A Cooperative Manifesto

Cooperative development is the most important social change work that a person can do.

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April 13, 2021

Cooperative Special Effects

An interview with Anthony Kramer and John Baer.

Arts & Cultural Creation Worker Cooperatives
April 5, 2021

Subchapter T & How Money Flows Through a Cooperative

The SELC's Director of Economic Democracy, Ricardo Nuñez, and SELC Staff Attorney, Gregory Jackson, provided an introduction to the powerful way that worker cooperatives equitably distribute wealth and why it matters for your cooperative’s taxes.

Accounting Worker Cooperatives
March 25, 2021

Enjoying the Fruit of Collective Labor

An interview with Pelham Auto co-founder Louis Hasbrouk

Construction & Repair Worker Cooperatives
March 11, 2021

Finance Options for Worker Co-ops

Find out your options and learn about the finance institutions that have experience with worker-owned businesses.

Worker Cooperatives Financing
March 8, 2021

The Rest of Our Working Lives

Kim Pinkham talks about the PV Squared worker cooperative in this interview from 2008.

Utilities (Electric, Water, Phone, Internet) Worker Cooperatives United States
March 4, 2021

How To Build A DisCO

In this webinar, DisCONauts Sofía Bustamente, Felipe Duarte and Stacco Troncoso will take you through the ins and outs of DisCO building!

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February 22, 2021

How Co-ops Benefit Your Wallet and Work

A conversation about worker co-ops with technical assistance providers in the Chicagoland area.

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February 15, 2021

Building Co-ops and Serving the Community

Worcester Youth Cooperatives has an expansive vision of how cooperatives can improve their community.

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