cooperative economy

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

Rev. Wendell Paris of Jackson, Mississippi discusses the history of co-op development and the struggle for voting rights among Black Americans in the Southern US.

Discussion about the intersections of cooperative practices, ethics, and tools with the movement for police and prison abolition and their replacement with a system designed to meet the needs of the community and the individuals who comprise it.

New Yorkers discuss the importance of economic democracy.

Ricardo Nuñez of the Sustainable Economies Law Center discusses economic democracy.

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.

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

Joseph Cureton discusses the holding company model being used by the Staffing Cooperative (now the Orban Cooperative).

Uber's business model is not one that co-ops should, or could, emulate. There is scope for transport focused platform co-ops, but they will not look like Uber or Lyft.

A film about cooperatives, with a focus on the Austin, TX area.