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Worker Cooperatives
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Four-Day Workweeks: Change for the Better?
Reducing worktimes with no reduction in pay is a perfectly viable economic development strategy.
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Workers in Maine Buy Out Their Jobs, Set an Example for the Nation
In rural Maine, the movement for economic democracy took a big leap forward.
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New Book on Worker Co-operatives and Regional Economic Development
Building Co-operative Power introduces the history and concept of worker co-operation and relates past and present stories of worker co-operatives in the Connecticut River Valley.
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Is Worker Ownership a Way Forward for Market Basket?
Market Basket seems a prime candidate for transition to employee ownership that can keep the leadership that built the company's culture in place.
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Worker-Owners Cheer Creation of $1.2 Million Co-op Development Fund in NYC
Noting the particular conditions that have helped secure local support for cooperatives in New York City and Jackson, the Democracy at Work Institute's Hoover acknowledges that activists are still …
Leveling the Playing Field for Worker Cooperatives
Municipal and state governments as well as NGOs that support small or independent businesses are finally beginning to address what changes they need to make to support the creation …
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CommonBound: A Revolution Needing a Spirit
The New Economy Coalition's CommonBound conference was an invaluable summit for building a vision of a post-capitalist system. It just needs a unifying revolutionary spirit.
A Call to Develop a Worker Cooperative Sector in New York City: How the City Can Create Jobs and Address Inequality at Its Roots
Pioneers in creation of co-op business start-ups met in New York City and exchanged success stories and dreams for their democratic work movement.
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Making a New Economy: Getting Cooperative
Putting decision-making power in the employees' hands can keep a local economy going in tough times, and create stable jobs that are far less likely to disappear in times …