The Workers' Owned Sewing Company was, at peak, a 70-worker democratic cut-and-sew factory that operated for 21 years in Windsor, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1979 out of the bankruptcy of a 12 year-old form called Bertie Industries...
From the iVLG blog:
Today’s post is going to digress from discussing the standard business model and introduce you to a different form of running a business: the worker cooperative. These organizations come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
A presentation from Erbin Crowell of Neighboring Food Co-op Association and Adam Trott of the Valley Alliance of Worker Co-ops. Tags: presentation VAWC...
Check out the latest news clips and videos on COCO Cafe and Urban Eatin', an interview with Nick Orton, CWCF's Lori Hough retires, A-Zone buys its building that houses many worker co-ops and more!
From the archives of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center, two 2009 slide presentations. from ICA Group president Newell Lessell and from and Erbin Crowell (then of the Cooperative Fund of New England), on the basics of worker cooperatives.
A worker cooperative incubator is like a “school” to which students or cooperators can attend to learn how to open a worker cooperative. Joanna Whitney is working on creating a Worker Cooperative Incubator for RMEOC, probably eventually utilizing an actual successful worker cooperative business to replicate
Worker coops can be more satisfying than working for the man. Worker-owners aren't forced into a hierarchy, and they have more say over what the business does than traditional employees. You still have to be responsible managing a coop, maybe more so, but your coworker-owners will likely be nicer and more understanding of personal needs and quirks than middle-management at any corporation. You will probably make more money by cutting out the investors and managers, unless you were one of them, in which case: welcome to egalitarianism! In typical low-paying industries, worker-owners can make several times what they were pulling in as employees.
Is the new Govt privatisation/mutualisation (delete as apropriate) MyCSP a matter of style of substance?
An excellent collection that frames the U.S. movement in 1984. Essays by Derek Jones, Donald Schneider, Robert Jackall and Joyce Crain, Christopher Gunn, Edward Greenberg, Zelda Gamson and Henry Levin, and David Ellerman.
Prepping for worker #coops council strategy meeting and #f2to20 found this excellent diagram looking forwardto weekend!
Baxi Partnership is hosting a seminar to introduce entrepreneurs, business owners and managers to the idea of employee ownership and the benefits it can bring your company. The seminar offers an overview of employee ownership and an opportunity to hear from speakers who have personal experience of driving success in employee owned businesses.
While such ventures have always existed, worker cooperatives have drawn more attention in recent months due to the impending kickoff of the United Nations' International Year of the Cooperative, a trenchant opinion piece in ...
RT @cabinetofficeuk: Co-operatives Bill http://t.co/iKLd4Gvp will provide new rights for public sector workers to create #mutuals #coops...
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As part of my studies this semester, I am reading the English edition of Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization* by Stefano and Vera Zamagni.
"This one-pager lists 28+ questions you should ask yourself as you plan your coop. Knowing answers to these questions will save you time and money when meeting with a business attorney to discuss the best incorporation option for your venture.
From the National Center for Employee Ownership:
Many smaller companies want to share ownership with employees but find the legal costs and complexities of various common plans daunting.
Interview with Nick Orton who was a member of House Savers and Pacific Share worker co-ops in Victoria http://t.co/0TwoBxqi #coops...
In a worker co-op the people invest in, own and control the business. This is not to be confused with "employee-owned," in which your payoff is determined by how many stock shares you can afford to purchase.
I collated some info for the last worker co-operative council meeting (Co-operatives UK's representative body for worker co-ops). I thought you might be interested in some of the figures.
In Spain, more than 200 worker cooperatives were annually created between the years 1995 and 2010 (Díaz-Foncea and Marcuello, 2010), which places this country above other countries in the European area such as ...
Coming Soon- a FREE mobile phone app that provides a straightforward service, tailored to meet the needs of both our wholesale customers and ethically-conscious consumers.
is it time to do a Mondragon but open network styley?
Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has launched a Co-operative Group-sponsored initiative to teach British communities about extreme poverty around the world.
Workers’ co-operatives are an anomaly. They exist within the current system while embodying its antithesis. Maybe that’s why governments have ignored them.
October 14, 2011, Québec City. North American Worker Co-operative Conference 2011. José Orbaiceta, President, Worker Co-op Federation of Argentina (FECOOTRA)...
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