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Worker Cooperatives

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

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April 3, 2024

Argentina's Worker Co-ops Under Attack

The Argentine government has recently suspended 11,000 worker co-ops on flimsy reasoning. Argentine worker cooperators call for a reversal of that policy and solidarity from the international community.

March 29, 2024

Reflecting on the Movement: A Survey for Worker Cooperators

A survey for cooperators, reflecting on the worker cooperative movement on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.

March 26, 2024

How Happy Earth Converted to a Worker Co-op

Rachel Battles and Jason Belden, working owners of Happy Earth (a worker cooperative), discuss the reasons behind converting Happy Earth from a LLC to a worker cooperative.

March 4, 2024

Other Avenues Grocery Cooperative

Celia LoBuono Gonzalez joins us on the show this episode to share her story and that of Other Avenues Grocery Cooperative.

February 8, 2024

How Workers Bypass the Blockade: Voices from Indorca (Part III)

Industrias del Orinoco, C.A. (Indorca) is a factory without bosses in Puerto Ordaz in Bolívar state, the home of Venezuela’s basic industries. Indorca’s workers carried out a heroic three-year struggle to gain control of the factory after the former owner brought it to a halt. Since 2015, when Venezuela’s Ministry of Labor extended a mandate giving the workers control over Indorca, the enterprise has been democratically managed by the women and men who produce here day in and day out.

January 29, 2024

Scaling a Co-op Beyond 100 Members

A look at how a worker co-op with 140 members, a flat pay scale, and no hierarchy functions.

January 22, 2024

Transform Finance: An Interview with Curt Lyon

Transform Finance Executive Director Curt Lyon talks with Jim, Matt, and Josh about their work educating investors about ways to support businesses with a focus on worker empowerment.

January 18, 2024

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Worker Co-ops

Practical tools to build real diversity, inclusion, and racial justice, and need for a cultural shift- planned by CWCF's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ("JEDI") Committee as part of their action plan.

January 16, 2024

Worker Control in a Capitalist Environment: Voices from Indorca (Part II)

Industrias del Orinoco, C.A. (Indorca) is a factory without bosses in the industrial city of Puerto Ordaz in Bolívar state, the home of Venezuela’s basic industries. Indorca workers carried out a heroic three-year struggle to gain control of the factory after the former owner brought it to a halt. Since 2015, when Venezuela’s Ministry of Labor extended a mandate giving the workers control over Indorca, the enterprise has been democratically managed by the women and men who produce here day in and day out.