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Worker Cooperatives

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

April 30, 2020

Check-in with Lauren Karaffa

Sarah Eppley checks in with Lauren Karaffa of the Brighter Days Collective in Washington D.C.

April 27, 2020

Check-in with Matthew Epperson

Matthew Epperson of the Georgia Cooperative Development Center checks-in about how things are going during the pandemic.

April 23, 2020

Check-in with Mica Fisher

Mica Fisher checks in from NYC to talk about how the coronavirus is effecting things there.

April 13, 2020

Arizmendi's Economic Democracy Demonstrations in Food and Housing

Tim Huet discusses the Arizmendi model of worker cooperative.

April 6, 2020

Demystifying SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loans

David Hincapie of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) discusses the process for cooperatives to apply for an economic injury disaster loan to survive and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 30, 2020

Diary of an "Essential Worker" (Entry 2)

Rainbow Grocery Co-op worker-owner Gordon Edgar talks about life as an essential worker after San Francisco announced a Shelter in Place order due to COVID-19

March 16, 2020

State of the Worker Co-op Sector

Covering six years of business progress, the 2019 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector is a report on worker-owned business in the United States. This report is a co-production of Democracy at Work Institute and U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, drawing upon the latest developments in the field, and deepens our understanding of the sector.

March 5, 2020

7 Lessons on the “Sovereignty of Labor”

Seven thing the author learned about the principle of the Sovereignty of Labor while visiting the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in the fall of 2019.

February 3, 2020

MadWorC's Regional Rendezvous is Coming Up!

Members of Madison Worker Cooperatives discuss the upcoming Regional Rendezvous.