Following firings from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, workers and community members came together to create the Pittsburgh Progress.

Mayday Salon Cooperative is transforming the beauty industry, one haircut at a time

A visit to Bol, the first worked-owned bookstore in Washington, DC.

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Browse worker owned online stores by category or search 3,500+ products from cooperatives and employee-owned companies.

Employee ownership turns care work jobs into good jobs—and leads to better patient outcomes.

Although you can find $8 matcha lattes and $25 cocktails there today, Manhattan’s Lower East Side remains a neighborhood covered in both public housing and limited-equity housing cooperatives. Those buildings are home to thousands of low-income residents — largely Hispanic or Asian, often immigrants — who have been quietly investing in their own vision of the neighborhood for decades. On a warm, muggy Saturday earlier this month, outside the headquarters of the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union on East 3rd Street, those residents gathered for a block party.

A study of worker-owned cooperatives demonstrates how people see their civic engagement, whether in the workplace or out in the world, as one and the same activity.

Foreword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...

Foreword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...

Discover resources and support to build and grow cooperatively-owned businesses, fostering community wealth-building and economic stability.

Microsoft is planning 3,200 layoffs total

After federal tax credits for renewable projects expired, joining a solar co-op is one way to save on residential solar.

Today's post is an extra entry in between our normal two week devlog schedule, contrasting how we make games with wider industry practices.

At Imagine Early Learning Centers, all staff own a portion of the company. Could this model be part of a solution to retaining childcare providers?

In this article we re-examine the relationship between group-based profit sharing and productivity. Our meta-regression analysis of 313 estimates from...

Interview of Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard By Mira Luna For as long as there have been Africans in America, there have been examples of Black social, cultural and economic solidarity. Often formed in ...

The federal government’s recent announcement that it will make the employee ownership trust tax exemption permanent is a major incentive for employers to transition their businesses to employee owners...

“Cooperatives exist to serve our community, and the workers are a part of our community.'

Wasatch Food Co-op is your local, member owned cooperative grocery store serving community members. We are currently under construction and aiming to open our doors in Fall 2025.

National Co+op Grocers also adds 2 new members

Palestinian cooperatives have a long history and take many forms. Agricultural coops are the most common, including beekeeping, livestock and irrigation.

While many solutions focus on government policy, some experts point to a business solution.

After 20 years of traditional ownership, John Shaw of Shaw Solar made the switch to an employee-owned co-op model in March. Fourteen employee owners had signed on less than a month into the transition...

Worker cooperatives are fundamental building blocks of a more democratic economy, and a practical, tested way to shift power to workers. Thanks in part to BRED’s work, Baltimore has one of the fastest...

Traditional corporate ownership structures exacerbate societal inequities. Jenny Everett, Mark Hand and Natalie Reitman-White explore a new ownership model empowering businesses to align with their missions, benefit communities, and ensure long-term sustainability.

Recognizing Indigenous and community land rights is vital to protecting forests and achieving climate goals under the upcoming COP30 commitments.