Worker Cooperatives

Green Worker Cooperatives

http://www.greenworker.coop

Green Worker Cooperatives is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned green businesses in order to build a strong local economy rooted in democracy and environmental justice.  To do so, it runs the “Co-op Academy,” a 5-month long training and support program that helps teams of entrepreneurs develop worker-owned green businesses. Read more about Green Worker Cooperatives...

Brooklyn College Coffee Collective

http://www.brooklyncollegecoffee.wordpress.com/updates/

Student founded and student-run, Brooklyn College Coffee was founded in 2009 and opened in 2010 to serve the Brooklyn College community and its surrounding neighborhoods. All of their beans are ethically sourced and come from small farms in partnership with their distributor, Counter Culture Coffee. Read more about Brooklyn College Coffee Collective...

Cooperation Texas

http://cooperationtexas.coop/

Founded in 2009, Cooperation Texas’ mission is to create sustainable jobs through the development, support and promotion of worker-owned cooperatives. Cooperation Texas works with Texas workers seeking to start or strengthen worker-owned cooperatives and business owners seeking to sell their enterprise to their workers.  Its achievements include the development of worker-owned cooperatives in a range of industries including residential cleaning, brewing, technology, natural building, and baking. Read more about Cooperation Texas...