Michael Peck was included in the reporting on the It’s Our Economy Conference held in Baltimore, Md. From the article: “What would it look like if we had an economy that …
Economy conference hits Baltimore | Baltimore Post-Examiner Read More »
Mary Hoyer, co-chair, Union Co-ops Council of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, reported on December’s Cinncinati Union Co-op Symposium: As explained by Rob Witherell of USW, the union co-op …
Unions and Worker Co-ops: Working Together | GEO Read More »
Reading, PA – Reading could get its first workers cooperative next year in its push to foster an alternative business model that competes with Wall Street. The co-op would be an …
Supporters of workers cooperatives flesh out plans for Reading | Reading Eagle Read More »
College Hill farm is first of several planned worker-owner initiatives to include pipe fitting, manufacturing Zeke Coleman, laid off from his previous job in the food industry, has found a …
Union co-op group taking root in Cincinnati | Cincinnati Enquirer Read More »
By Kenneth Quinnell A couple of unions and a worker-owned co-op are teaming up to grow a new sustainable farming model in Cincinnati, and Stephen Dienger couldn’t be happier. An …
A long-term plan to renovate the American dream begins at the local level and scales up. This article is adapted from Gar Alperovitz’s What Then Must We Do? (Chelsea Green). …
By Frank Islam and Ed Crego Based upon the rhetoric at the quadrennial labor convention held in Los Angeles this week, it appears that the labor movement will be trying …
An Interview With United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard By Amy Dean United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks to Truthout about the challenges and opportunities of a new labor model: the …
Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? | Truthout.com Read More »
A handful of American unions aren’t content to just negotiate with the boss—instead, they’re cutting the boss out of the equation entirely. For example, the United Steelworkers union (USW) is …
More US unions are now running their own businesses | MSNBC Read More »
“Too often we have seen Wall Street hollow out companies by draining their cash and assets and hollow out communities by shedding jobs and shuttering plants,” said United Steelworkers (USW) …
Why Unions Are Going Into the Co-op Business | Yes! Magazine Read More »
