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Worker Cooperatives

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

October 20, 2022

Worx Printing: A Union Co-op

In this special episode in honor of National Co-op Month, Kevin speaks with Kevin O’Brien, co-founder of the union co-op Worx Printing.

October 10, 2022

Phoenix Mental Health

Max is joined by Jeff and Eric, 2 of 7 worker-owners of a therapist worker cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota called Phoenix Mental Health.

September 19, 2022

Sustainability of Worker Co-Operatives

This article investigates ways in which worker co-operatives can contribute to a more
sustainable world, using the conceptual lens of Doughnut Economics.

September 15, 2022

House of the Mondragon

Dru is joined by Carmen Marcuello and Anjel Errasti, authors of some interesting publications about Mondragon's expansion abroad.

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September 7, 2022

An interesting conversation about Mondragon

There are a lot of misconceptions in the US about the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation. A conversation happened online recently that highlighted some of those.

August 18, 2022

The Café That’s Upending Capitalism

Cafe Euphoria isn’t just another co-op. Its trans and gender-nonconforming owners are pursuing a vision of radical equality.

August 15, 2022

Like Compost, But For Work

Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Dr. Damita Brown, Charity Schmidt from University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives and Madison Cooperative Development Coalition joins us to talk about cooperatives and her work helping cooperatives develop!

 

July 21, 2022

Venezuelan Cooperatives

Dario Azzellini tells Theresa Alt about Venezuelan cooperatives.

July 4, 2022

Steps to Organizing a Cooperative

Margaret Bau of USDA Rural Development makes a presentation on the steps to start a cooperative.

June 30, 2022

This Southern Appalachian town uses co-ops to build new communities around old industries

In the foothills of western North Carolina, the small town of Morganton is home to a growing co-op movement that’s reinvigorating the region’s once-struggling textile and furniture manufacturing industries, and refashioning them around egalitarianism and localism.