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March 20, 2025 Everything Co-op continues its Women's History Month series, that follows the theme “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations” set by the National Women's History Alliance. This episode features E. Kim Coontz, Executive Director for the California Center for Cooperative (CCCD). Vernon and Kim discuss how her work continues to educate and inspire future generations. E. Kim Coontz is the Executive Director of the California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD), a nonprofit dedicated to fostering and supporting cooperatives. With over 30 years of experience, she began her cooperative work at UC Davis' Center for Cooperatives before co-founding CCCD when the program closed. Kim has helped launch cooperatives, led governance seminars, provided technical assistance, and conducted research to strengthen the cooperative movement. She has authored over a dozen publications including Bringing Families Together: A Guide to Parent Cooperatives, Steps to Starting a Worker Co-op and Steps to Starting a Marketing Co-op. Kim has also contributed to various journals. Her contributions have earned her awards from the National Association of Housing Cooperatives, Parent Cooperative Preschools International, and the California Council of Parent Participation Preschools. Previously, she was the Executive Director of Yolo Mutual Housing Association.

Guest Podcast Post! Worker Co., MN Ed. Energy for Shared Ownership: Wescom, Inc., Duluth Minnesota businesses face an ownership cliff: 1 in 4 may not survive. Could employee ownership prevent closures and build wealth?

Worker cooperatives are often viewed as part of the solution to beating back capitalism. Yet there are more than 33 million small businesses in the U.S. and less than a thousand worker co-operatives. This week's episode looks at the different co-op models and the barriers to the growth and success of worker cooperatives in the U.S. as opposed to Europe. We take a look at iconic cooperatives such as the Mondragon Corporation in Spain to the Park Slope Food Co-Op in Brooklyn, NY and explain how everyone can easily support worker co-ops this election day. Chapters Intro: 00:00:03 Chapter One: Doing the Work. 00:03:52 Chapter Two: Mondragon. 00:11:27 Chapter Three: Cooperatives Models. 00:19:18 Chapter Four: The Food Dude Retires. 00:27:54 Chapter Five: Barriers and Clues. 00:31:20 Bring it home, Max. 00:35:31 Outro: 00:39:29 Resources Expert Market: The Most Productive Countries in 2024 USDA: More than just a co-op: How Cooperatives Strengthen Economic Power National Council of Farmer Cooperatives EOS Data Analytics: Agricultural Cooperatives: Find The Top Co-Ops In The US Ocean Spray: About Us Land O'Lakes Inc. NCBA CLUSA: Healthcare Co-ops NCUA Quarterly Credit Union Data Summary 2024 Q1 U.S. Small Business Administration: Office of Advocacy: Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business, 2023 Co-op News: Worker co-op sector continues to grow in the USA Co-opLaw.org: Subchapter T and How Money Flows Through a Cooperative H.R.7721 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): National Worker Cooperative Development and Support Act The New York Times: Founder of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn to Retire After 50 Years Reuters: Personal Finance: Bank Transfer Day saw 600,000 switch Bob's Red Mill: Proudly Employee Owned Democracy at Work Institute Democracy at Work (d@w): About Co-ops MONDRAGON Corporation U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives: Sen. Bernie Sander's Address at The Worker Co-op Conference U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives: Member Directory The New Yorker: How Mondragon Became the World's Largest Co-Op UN: Measuring the Size and Scope of the Cooperative Economy: Results of the 2014 Global Census on Co-operatives -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at unftr.substack.com to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unftrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can a Co-op business model help your business grow?Episode 550 of the Queer Money podcast features guest Annie Winkler discussing the benefits of employee ownership in businesses. Annie explains how becoming part-owner of a company can lead to increased productivity, job satisfaction, and the establishment of LGBTQ generational wealth. They recount their experience transitioning Real Pickles into a worker-owned cooperative and delve into the impacts of democratic member control in co-ops versus ESOPs. The episode highlights the advantages for both business owners considering succession planning and employees seeking greater investment in their workplace.Topics Covered00:00 Introduction to Bare Minimum Mondays and Lazy Fridays00:10 The Concept of Employee Ownership00:28 Introducing Annie Winkler and Queerness in Business00:53 Welcome to the Queer Money Podcast01:52 Discussion on Pronouns and Non-Binary Identity02:30 Exploring Employee Stock Purchase Plans02:53 Challenges Faced by Employees Today04:41 The Impact of Baby Boomers on the Economy05:23 Statistics on Baby Boomers and Retirement06:47 The Role of Wealth and Power in Employment07:43 Annie Winkler's Journey to Employee Ownership08:40 The Real Pickles Cooperative Experience12:08 The Benefits of Worker-Owned Cooperatives17:07 Comparing ESOPs and Worker Co-ops20:25 Challenges and Benefits of Employee Ownership26:09 Legacy Planning for Business Owners29:57 Introduction to ESOPs30:29 Trust and Control in ESOPs31:41 Ownership and Leadership Transitions32:57 Optimal Company Size for ESOPs and Co-ops34:27 Financial Considerations and Valuation35:41 Starting the Transition to Employee Ownership41:53 Generational Wealth and Queer Community48:03 VEOC and Employee Ownership Support50:36 Dragon Boat Team and Personal Joys52:35 Conclusion and ResourcesFor the resources and to connect with our guests, get the show notes at: https://queermoneypodcast.com/subscribe Follow us:Queer Money InstagramQueer Money YouTubeQueer Money on TiktokConnect with John on LinkedInConnect with David on LinkedInDownload your FREE Queer Money Kickstarter a 9-step Guide to Kickstart Your Journey to Financial IndependenceMentioned in this episode:Subscribe to the Queer Money Weekly NewsletterSubscribe here to get weekly money tips, show notes, Queer Money take-aways, give-aways, access to events and more.Subscribe to the Queer Money weekly newsletter

September 12, 2024 Vernon conducts live interviews with Mavery Davis, Treasurer of the Board of Directors at the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and Zen Trenholm, Director of Employee Ownership Cities and Policy at the Democracy At Work Institute, during the 2024 Co-op Worker Conference. They discuss the services offered by both organizations, as well as the various sessions and presenters at the conference. The Worker Co-op Conference is the only national event where worker-owners from across the United States gather to learn and build power together. For the last 20 years, this conference has brought together a thriving community of new, experienced, and aspiring entrepreneurs. The conference cultivates a network of interconnected and interdependent worker owners, business developers, policymakers, funders, and labor organizers, all driven toward a common goal of improving the lives of workers and their families. WCC24 will foster relationships and strategies within the worker co-op community and knit attendees closer to other labor movements. The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is the national grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives. As a membership and advocacy organization, the Federation connects worker cooperative members to benefits, to each other and to the larger cooperative and economic justice movements. The Federation amplifies its members' voices to advocate for worker cooperatives at the local, state and national level, and provides consulting and technical assistance to cooperatives old and new. And through the education, training and organizing work of its partner organization, the Democracy at Work Institute, the Federation is committed to ensuring cooperative business ownership reaches those who need it the most. The Democracy at Work Institute expands the promise of cooperative business ownership to reach those communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality. It was created by the USFWC to ensure that worker cooperative development in economically and socially marginalized communities is adequately supported, effective, and strategically directed. It is the only national organization dedicated to building the field of worker cooperative development, through strategic research, creation of tools and standards, leadership development, direct technical assistance and advocacy for worker cooperatives as a community economic development strategy. The Institute brings both a birds-eye view of the national stage and an experiential on-the-ground understanding of cooperative business, making sure that our growing worker cooperative movement is both rooted in worker cooperatives themselves and reaches new communities of worker-owners.

August 8, 2024 This episode features an interview with Shevanthi Daniel-Rabkin, Senior Program Director of DAWI, and Theodora Rodine, Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator for the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. They will discuss the upcoming 2024 Worker Co-op Conference (WCC24), set to take place in Chicago, IL from September 12-14. Celebrating its 20th year, the Worker Co-op Conference has consistently united a vibrant community of budding, seasoned, and prospective entrepreneurs. This year's event will highlight the increasing trend of worker ownership in the U.S., alongside a revitalized effort for union organizing, steering the nation towards improved working conditions, better wages, and greater employee influence in the workplace. Shevanthi (Shev) Daniel-Rabkin is Senior Program Director of DAWI. Shevanthi provides strategic support on program implementation and growth for DAWI's conversion work with city municipalities, technical assistance providers, legacy business owners and consulting services. Shevanthi comes to DAWI after successfully launching and implementing worker cooperative management certificate programs, as well as a city focused cooperative education and incubation program at the Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Shev is passionate about the intersection of sustainable business and economic development with particular emphasis on direct impacts for people of color. Shevanthi co-founded the O'Dell Education Center, a nonviolence direct action and leadership academy in Washington State, owned and operated by the Institute for Community Leadership. She currently serves on the board of Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) and served as Executive Board President at the Center for Women in Democracy, strengthening women's capacity and leadership in the public and private sectors. Shevanthi has an MBA in Sustainable Business from Pinchot University and BA in History and Anthropology from University of Washington. Theodora Rodine is the Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator for the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. She works on coordinating technical support for co-ops, helps plan conferences and events, and supports the Executive Director. Theodora grew up in San José, California and has lived in South Philadelphia ever since graduating from Haverford College in 2019. She is a member of the Philadelphia Public Banking Coalition and the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA) Policy and Advocacy Committee, and she attends Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Theodora is an extrovert who loves talking, theatre, and the color yellow. She would like to learn more about policy, decolonization, dogs, and local hiking trails. About the Worker Co-op Conference The Worker Co-op Conference is the only national event where worker-owners from across the United States gather to learn and build power together. The conference is co-hosted by Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI) and the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives as the organizations celebrate their 10th and 20th anniversaries respectively. The conference cultivates a network of interconnected and interdependent worker owners, business developers, policymakers, funders, and labor organizers, all driven toward a common goal of improving the lives of workers and their families. WCC24 will foster relationships and strategies within the worker co-op community and knit us closer to other labor movements.

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February 22, 2024 In honor of the 2024 Black History Month theme of African Americans and the Arts, Vernon interviews Janet Bennett-Cox, Board member of Ebony Care Cooperative. Vernon and Janet discuss a program being sponsored by Ebony Care Cooperative, that brings elders and youth together to learn the art of Batik making, and how she feels this activity will impact lives of its participants. Janet is a motivated, energetic ‘idea-preneur,' who enjoys the successes of collaborative projects. She taught for 27 years in elementary education with the Toronto District School Board, and is committed to serving her community as needs and opportunities arise. Janet was instrumental in the inaugural process of getting four Black, female owned and operated Worker Co-operatives, started under the umbrella of the Women's Multi-Cultural Resource and Counselling Centre 1(WMRCC). She currently serves on the Board of Ebony Care Cooperative. A green enthusiast, she helps in the management of their family business, LIQUID GREEN PRODUCTS INC., a manufacturing company which produces and markets a line of natural, eco-superior cleaning products and weekly co-hosts the LIQUID GREEN HEALTH SHOW with her partner.

Baltimore has become what many consider to be ground zero in the emerging “solidarity economy” and the formation of worker-owned, cooperatively run businesses. There's something important going on here, and there's a lot that we can all learn from our fellow workers who are in the cooperative space—people who are living, breathing proof that there's another way to run a business, that there's another way to run our economy, and that there are other ways we can treat work and workers. At a recent event hosted by the Baltimore Museum of Industry titled "Work Matters: Building a Worker-Owned Co-op," Max moderated a panel including workers and representatives from Common Ground Bakery Café, Taharka Bros Ice Cream, A Few Cool Hardware Stores, and the Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED). He talked to them about how they came to work at these different co-ops, how their businesses transitioned to more cooperative models, and they dig into the nitty gritty of what working at a co-op looks like, what it takes for workers to democratically run a business, and the real challenges, limitations, and rewards that come with this kind of work. Panelists include: Vince Green (Taharka Bros Ice Cream); David Evans (A Few Cool Hardware Stores); Craig Smith (A Few Cool Hardware Stores); Sierra Allen (Common Ground Bakery Café); Christa Daring (BRED).Additional links/info below…Baltimore Museum of Industry website, Facebook page, and InstagramJaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Worker Co-ops vs. COVID"Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Taharka Bros: Ice Cream with a Side of Worker Ownership"Working People, "Your Job Doesn't Have to Suck (w/ Jaisal Noor)"Lisa Elaine Held, The Washington Post, "Amid Food-Industry Upheaval, Baltimore Businesses Are Handing Workers the Keys"Rebekah Kirkman, The Real News Network, "After Beloved Baltimore Coffee Shop Abruptly Closed, Workers Reopen as Co-op"Permanent links below...Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageIn These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter pageThe Real News Network website, YouTubechannel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter pageFeatured Music...Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme SongJules Taylor, "Working People Live Show" Theme SongJules Taylor, "John L. Handcox I Live On Remix"Follow Jules Taylor on Twitter and FacebookHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Ben opens up to Áine about his personal lived experience of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He discusses his recovery journey, his work with Rebus Theatre as a community arts worker and how music creation helps him to raise awareness about ADHD as well as be who he truly is - a talented writer and composer. Please Note - This interview features two original songs by Ben Drysdale which are available to stream on Spotify.

Baltimore has become what many consider to be ground zero in the emerging “solidarity economy” and the formation of  worker-owned, cooperatively run businesses. There's something important going on here, and there's a lot that we can all learn from our fellow workers who are in the cooperative space—people who are living, breathing proof that there's another way to run a business, that there's another way to run our economy, and that there are other ways we can treat work and workers. At a recent event hosted by the Baltimore Museum of Industry titled "Work Matters: Building a Worker-Owned Co-op," Max moderated a panel including workers and representatives from Common Ground Bakery Café, Taharka Bros Ice Cream, A Few Cool Hardware Stores, and the Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (BRED). He talked to them about how they came to work at these different co-ops, how their businesses transitioned to more cooperative models, and they dig into the nitty gritty of what working at a co-op looks like, what it takes for workers to democratically run a business, and the real challenges, limitations, and rewards that come with this kind of work. Panelists include: Vince Green (Taharka Bros Ice Cream); David Evans (A Few Cool Hardware Stores); Craig Smith (A Few Cool Hardware Stores); Sierra Allen (Common Ground Bakery Café); Christa Daring (BRED).  Additional links/info below… Baltimore Museum of Industry website, Facebook page, and Instagram  Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Worker Co-ops vs. COVID"  Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Taharka Bros: Ice Cream with a Side of Worker Ownership" Working People, "Your Job Doesn't Have to Suck (w/ Jaisal Noor)" Lisa Elaine Held, The Washington Post, "Amid Food-Industry Upheaval, Baltimore Businesses Are Handing Workers the Keys" Rebekah Kirkman, The Real News Network, "After Beloved Baltimore Coffee Shop Abruptly Closed, Workers Reopen as Co-op" Permanent links below... Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music... Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song Jules Taylor, "Working People Live Show" Theme Song Jules Taylor, "John L. Handcox I Live On Remix"  Follow Jules Taylor on Twitter and Facebook

In this week's bonus episode, Cameron Madill takes us on his succession journey, which began years ago when he started having conversations with older business owners, many of whom seemed to feel trapped. They'd had a lot of success, they were proud of the business they'd built, but they weren't sure what to do with it or how to leave it. None of the usual options seemed terribly appealing. Hoping to write a different ending, Madill, now in his 40s, started looking for better options much earlier than most owners, and the one he landed on was an unusual choice: a worker cooperative. Now, there are aspects of this model that are likely to give some owners pause. For one, a co-op probably isn't going to produce the biggest payday for a selling owner. And if the owner wants to stick around as CEO, he or she will have to report to a board, and that board can challenge any and all of the owner's decisions. But Madill, as he explains in a conversation we recorded late last year, before he stepped down from his role as CEO, decided to sell to his employees anyway. Not only is he glad he did, he thinks co-ops are an option far more owners, especially those struggling to find a buyer, should consider.

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Welcome to our annual EO/ESOP Podcast Summer School series. We selected some of our favorite episodes over the past year for your enjoyment while we spend the rest of our summer catching our breath and working on launching our exciting Season 7, beginning in September 2023. In this episode, Bret Keisling was joined by worker-owners Alex Fischer and Andrew Stachiw who discuss USFWC's (US Federation of Worker Cooperatives) efforts to network and grow worker co-ops in Vermont to further societal goals including economic, racial, and social justice, and working in business as anti-capitalists. Further show notes, and all of our past episodes, are available on our website at https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/esop-summer-school-25-growing-worker-co-ops-in-vermont

Faitth Brooks is a writer, speaker, social worker, activist, and co-host of the Melanated Faith podcast. She engages in activism by working with nonprofits to find sustainable solutions to systemic issues, as well as by being a strategist and consultant for brands and influencers. Faitth has served as the director of programs and innovation for Be the Bridge and director of women's empowerment for Legacy Collective. In addition to leveraging her speaking and social media platforms to enliven collective liberation centered on the sisterhood of Black women, Faitth is crafting a communal space where Black sisters can explore rest, tenderness, and softness. Connect with Faitth on Instagram: @faitthb Make sure to check out this episode

A Patron of Democracy at Work asks: "You're known as an advocate of worker cooperatives. However, back in the 19th century, Friedrich Engels (as well as Eduard Bernstein, the father of Democratic Socialism) was very skeptical of worker cooperatives because of the power the workers at a company could still have over the general public to whom they were not responsible to, meaning they could still, for example, create a monopoly, jack up prices, and engage in protectionist tactics. Instead, Engels and Bernstein preferred consumer cooperatives, in which the public that patronized the business would be the ones to own it and the business would be responsible to them, thereby giving the public a say in the running of the company as well as the workers. What do you think about the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems and why do you think worker cooperatives are the superior arrangement?" This is Professor Richard Wolff's response. To submit your own question for Prof. Wolff, join Democracy at Work on Patreon at www.patreon.com/democracyatwork

Guilded is a cooperative that offers resources to empower freelance workers. They provide contract management, invoicing, guaranteed payments, tax preparation, and health care – which alleviates some of the administrative work so that freelancers can focus on their projects. One of their main intentions is supporting artists as workers and ensuring their basic needs are met.In this episode, I speak with Camila Tapia-Guilliams, a mixed media artist, educator, and community organizer, weaving together narratives of identity, community care, cooperation, and solidarity in their art.We talk about the gaps Guilded is filling for freelancer artists like ensuring they get paid on time, unions as a tool for protecting artists as workers, navigating decisions in a multi-stakeholder co-op, the process of joining Guilded and the benefits included, and visions for a world where artists are honored for the value they create.Show Notes:Guilded Website Camila's InstagramU.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops

Bret Keisling is joined by worker-owners Alex Fischer and Andrew Stachiw who discuss USFWC's (US Federation of Worker Cooperatives) efforts to network and grow worker co-ops in Vermont to further societal goals including economic, racial, and social justice, and working in business as anti-capitalists. Alex and Andrew share their individual and combined passions for democratized workplaces and their beliefs that changing the very structures of jobs, equity and community will transcend society. Each guest also shares their EO A-ha Moment. Further show notes, and all of our past episodes, are available on our website at https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/222-growing-worker-co-ops-in-vermont

A Patron of Democracy at Work asks: "We agree that capitalism is imperfect and that it separates people into the employer and employee classes. However, resources needs to be planned, coordinated and managed otherwise chaos ensues. In many cases, resources are best handled in bulk to attain efficiency and affordability, and that gives rise to the need for concentration of control. Given that people are really not born equal, what system can then best balance all of the above?"

Dru is joined by Carmen Marcuello and Anjel Errasti, authors of some interesting publications about Mondragon's expansion abroad. We talk about why the cooperative model hasn't taken root in Mondragon's overseas operations, and what makes Mondragon different from multinational conglomerates of similar size that are not owned and democratically managed by their workers. Carmen Marcuello is a professor of Business Management at the University of Zaragoza. Anjel Errasti is a professor at the Institute of Cooperative Law and Social Economy, University of the Basque Country. Read their 2018 paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0019793918779575 * * * Podcast links: https://anchor.fm/halfpastcapitalism Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/halfpastcapitalism Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/druojajay Half Past Blog: http://halfpast.dru.ca/

August 8, 2022: Esteban Kelly, Executive Director of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives discusses the upcoming National Worker Co-op Conference, Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report, and recently passed legislation. Esteban Kelly is the Executive Director at the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. He is also an important leader and creative force in solidarity economy and co-op movements. He has served on numerous boards including the USFWC, the US Solidarity Economy Network, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA-CLUSA), and the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF). He is a co-founder of the cross-sector Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA), and recently worked at the New Economy Coalition as Development Director and then Staff Director. Esteban is a mayoral appointee to the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council, following eight years as a worker-owner at Mariposa Food Co-op institutionalizing its staff collective and expanding food access in West Philly. The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) is the national grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives. USFWC's mission is to build a thriving cooperative movement of stable, empowering jobs through worker-ownership. USFWC advances worker-owned, -managed, and -governed workplaces through cooperative education, advocacy and development.

Hilary Abell is a co-founder of Project Equity, currently focused on demonstrating and expanding impact and fueling public policy to support broad-based employee ownership, driving racial and economic equity. Project Equity is a nonprofit that builds economic resiliency with low-income communities by demonstrating and replicating strategies that increase worker ownership. Since its launch in 2014, Project Equity has grown to work with small business clients around the country on employee ownership transitions and is raising awareness and building the ecosystem of support for this powerful business model nationwide. Carolyn Berke is the Founder of Niles Pie Company, which has retail sales, classes, dinners and catering, and is a unique presence for local artisanal food in Union City and, as of July 2017, is the first cooperative on the 880 corridor. The owner, Carolyn Berke, sees the coop conversion as a way to to bring job stability and growth to the business, as well as a way to provide staff with profit sharing and ownership. It is also a way for her to eventually retire from the business, and she will continue to build it with her 8 employees for the coming years. Check out 845 with Corey Rosen as mentioned in today's episode! Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "In a cooperative everyone can be a leader." "Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." 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A Supporter of Democracy at Work asks: "The concept of the productive worker being both employer and employee in all areas is brilliant and necessary to overcome the injustice of the potentially dangerous and egregious financial disparity between that of the upper earning and the lower earning citizens. However, not all such businesses will succeed. How is this scenario resolved?"

In this episode of All Things Co-op, Cinar, Larry, and Kevin talk with Hazel Corcoran and Jared Blustein from the Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation. Hazel has been the CWCF's executive director since 1995 and Jared is a founding worker-owner of The Allium, a plant-based worker co-op in Calgary. The group discusses the unique landscape of the Canadian worker cooperative movement, touching on issues around building the solidarity economy and Canada's national legislation on cooperatives. Jared and Hazel speak to both the benefits of operating within the worker co-op framework as well as the challenges their organizations face in a largely capitalist economy.

December 23, 2021 -Esther Enyolu, Executive Director of Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham (WMRCC), discusses how WMRCC used Grant Funds to Development seven Worker Co-ops. Esther Enyolu is a dynamic leader committed to cross-cultural issues, such as, equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, human rights and social justice. She has extensive knowledge of employer/employee relationship issues in both unionized and non-unionized environments. Under her leadership WMRCC has developed seven worker cooperatives; and continues to provide resources and counseling to women overcoming obstacles of life. Esther has diligently served the community and has been instrumental in developing innovative community programs for more than 30 years. She works with different universities and colleges, including community organizations to promote entrepreneurship for women from diverse backgrounds.

What is the definition of success? If you're a mission-driven business for good, you know that success is about more than just the bottom line. However, you need to make a profit in order to survive and make a positive social impact. That's where employee ownership comes in. Employee-owned businesses do better on average than their standard counterparts, and also do good for society.In this episode, Alison Lingane provides insights into the benefits of employee-owned companies. She also discusses ways to get into employee ownership, its financing structure, and the financial institutions to support the transition. Finally, she explains the relevance of financial record keeping, financial forecasting, and transition planning to various ownership structures.If you're interested to know how your business can engage more employees and create a positive impact in the community, then tune in to this episode!Episode Highlights:[05:04] Alison's Journey in Project Equity[06:26] Building a Program for the Urban Youth [07:17] Getting Her MBA at UC Berkeley [08:24] Alison Working for an Employee-Owned Company [09:21] About Project Equity[10:47] Why Employee Ownership Is Not Taught in Business School [12:00] Launching of The Global Social Venture Competition[15:18] Employee Ownership Increases Enterprise Value[16:11] Different Forms of Employee Ownership [20:01] Finding the Right Form [24:43] Difference Between ESOP and Worker Co-op[28:10] The Financing Process [31:32] How Employees Become an Owner[34:40] Transitioning to Employee Ownership[36:51] Bringing Capital to Your Business[37:49] Lending Institutions[43:23] The Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)[45:57] Does Credit Score Matter?[51:03] Engaging Employees During COVID-19Resources:Visit Christina Sjahli's website for more insights on designing an ownership structure that aligns with your company vision on the Her CEO Journey™ podcast series!Chat with Christina and set up a time here!Download the Forecasting Guide so that you can create a better and improved financial forecast for your business!Connect with Alison at LinkedInVisit Project Equity Take part in the Global Social Venture Competition!Learn more about the CDFI FundEnjoy the Her CEO Journey™ Podcast?Write us a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into the show, then do not hesitate to leave us a review. You can also share this episode with the women you know so they can find financial empowerment and get their ideas into the world.For more episode updates, feel free to visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

We spoke to organizer Minsun Ji on Squid Game and how the labor movements of South Korea inspired the series. We discuss the Ssangyong Motor strikes, the legendary Jeon Tae-il's rallying cry to workers "We are Not Machines!" & contemporary Neoliberalism in South Korea. For more with Minsun you can check out her work with Labor Co-ops at : https://www.laborcoopconnections.com/ The three pieces of Minsun's writing we discuss we can find here: On Squid Game: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/real-life-auto-strike-behind-runaway-netflix-hit-squid-game On Joen Tae Il and Worker Suicides in South Korea: academia.edu/45265187/Korean_Suicide_Protest_as_Anomic_Response_to_Labour_Disempowerment On Marx's study of Worker Co-ops: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309816819852757 Music by Huston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS62_DxC3VM

Bonus Episode: The "Why Worker Co-ops" podcast recently launched as part of the EO Podcast Network, hosted by Rodney North and produced by Bret Keisling. In this episode, Rodney is joined by Esteban Kelly, executive director of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) [www.usworker.coop]. A transcript of the introduction to his bonus episode, which includes links to all of the topics mentioned, is available on our website at https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/bonus-episode-introducing-the-why-worker-co-ops-podcast All the podcasts in the EO Podcast Network can be found at https://www.eopodcastnetwork.com/

The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests.October is National Co-op Month.  "Worker co-ops like New Era demonstrate that it's certainly possible to run a successful business while prioritizing safety and treating workers like fellow humans."Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow

The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. October is National Co-op Month. "Worker co-ops like New Era demonstrate that it's certainly possible to run a successful business while prioritizing safety and treating workers like fellow humans." Flex your media muscles, become a monthly sustaining member for $3, $5, $12 at http://Patreon.com/theLFShow

Repeat. 20th century socialism is now behind us. Socialists continued to evaluate both its achievements and failures via extensive self-criticism. A changed socialism has emerged, focused on a transition of workplaces from top-down hierarchical capitalist structures into democratic worker cooperatives. The powerful appeal of worker coops as grounding a new 21st century socialism is presented. 

Michael Johnson, co-founder of The Growing Democracy Project and community advocate for transformative community development, discusses his most recent book, "The Growing Democracy Project: A Cultural Strategy for Taking Our Love, Power, and Democracy to New Levels." Michael and Vernon also illustrate the role culture plays in in shaping how we live, and how democracy can be used to address the issues of polarization that the Country is struggling with. Michael Johnson has been immersed in cooperative/solidarity economic movements since 2007. His involvement began with the Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives (New England), Grassroots Economic Organizing Collective (GEO), and SolidarityNYC. In 1980 he Co-founded the Ganas Community in Staten Island, New York. The Ganas Community is in part a place to live and work together, and an experiential research center in democratic culture. For 20 years Michael participated in this transformative community of practice. Throughout his professional career Michael has been deeply involved in group dynamics and community organizing. To that end, he co-authored BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE POWER! Stories and Strategies from Worker Co-Operatives in the Connecticut River Valley (2014), and launched The Growing Democracy Project in 2021. The Project seeks to enable everyday citizens to make democracy the most potent political force in the United States.

From workers dying from lack of adequate safety measures and PPE to states viciously cutting off extended unemployment benefits to force people back to unsafe, poverty-wage work, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it horrifyingly clear just how little value the lives and wellbeing of working people have in an economic system where all  that matters is the bottom line. But it doesn't have to be this way. We can organize our economy and our workplaces in a more humane way—and we have proof that it works.  In this extended mini-cast, we talk with senior reporter Jaisal Noor about his multi-part investigative documentary series for The Real News Network, which examines how 8 worker co-operatives across 4 states have been able to stay in business during the pandemic while prioritizing worker safety and democratic decision making.     Additional links/info below... Jaisal's Twitter page and TRNN author page Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Worker Cooperatives Prove Your Job Doesn't Have to Be Hell" (Feature documentary in Jaisal's co-op series)  Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Worker Co-ops vs. COVID" (Full series of Jaisal's co-op coverage)  The Hill's Rising, "Jaisal Noor: How Worker Co-ops Successfully Weathered The Pandemic" CounterSpin, "Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing"   Permanent links below... Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page   Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song"

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean and Jacquie are joined by Heather Benno, attorney and founder of Immigrant Justice Solutions, a community legal defense for immigrants to discuss a federal judge in Texas declaring DACA illegal, the terror and limbo this could inflict on hundreds of thousands of people and the inherent cruelty of immigration laws in the US.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Laith Marouf, political analyst and media policy and law consultant with the Community Media Advocacy Centre, to discuss Lebanese PM Saad Hariri stepping down, how this affects conditions for the people in Lebanon, and how US interests in the country intersect with Washington's broader plans for control in the Middle East.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by award-winning investigative journalist Robert Hennelly, author of the new book ‘Stuck Nation: Can the United States Change Course on Our History of Choosing Profits Over People?' to discuss the connections between the way the US handled the toxic air from the fires after 9/11 that sickened and killed thousands and our country's handling of Covid-19, how we've overlooked race-based, economic exploitation, how the consolidation of media outlets in the US contributed to the rise of “click-bait propaganda” and the Jan 6 insurrection, and the way forward to get us unstuck from all of this.And later in the show Sean and Jacquie are joined by Maximillian Alvarez, Editor in Chief of the Real News Network and host of the podcast “Working People” to discuss the workers strike in the face of inhuman working conditions at the Frito Lay plant in Topeka, KS, the exploitation of farm, healthcare, and gig workers being highlighted in the labor struggles in those industries, how the class struggle can sometimes be reflected in generational political struggles, and the hope for better working conditions for all workers that can be found in worker cooperatives.

David Thuss is the current Director at the London Brewing Cooperative, and one of the founding worker owners of the Co-op. He has experience in many of the areas of the brewing business, but now works in a supporting role for the other workers in the Co-op. London Brewing follows a triple bottom line approach to running a social enterprise, and also emphasises partnerships with other values aligned organizations including an organic food delivery company, and a Café. Through these partnerships, each organization is able to lean on their strengths and rely on their partners for everything else. For more information, visit https://www.londonbrewing.ca/ More info on the worker Co-op principles: https://canadianworker.coop/about/statement-of-co-operative-identity/ --- You can continue the conversation by joining SocialEconomyConnect.com. Social Economy Connect is a free mutual support platform for practitioners, social entrepreneurs, co-op members and developers and third sector supporters to discuss issues and solutions with a focus on social outcomes in the economy. Resources: https://www.londonbrewing.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LondonBrewing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/londonbrewingca/ --- For more information about Strategy Made Simple, and to learn about social enterprise visit strategymadesimple.ca Contact Matthew: Twitter: @MatthewRempel Email: matthew@strategymadesimple.ca Written, hosted, recorded, and edited by: Matthew Rempel Music provided by: Envato

Beowulf Rochlen speaks with Jaisal Noor about the way worker owned co-ops survived COVID-19.

In the way they balance worker health and company success, worker co-ops complicate corporate media's economic storyline. The post Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing appeared first on FAIR.

Musician/Filmmaker/Journalist, Eleanor Goldfield joins the show today to talk her new album, No Solo. - Employees of a coffeeshop in Providence buy it from the owner and make a worker's co-op. -Pavement Coffee in Boston trying to Unionize. -Musicians send letter to Spotify in protest of monitoring of users.

Graduate Philosophy student Carlos Garrido, and snowflake wrestler Eddie Liger Smith discuss what Karl Marx said about Worker Co-Ops, and the role of Islamophobia in Modern Western Imperialism.

The Valley Alliance of Worker Co-ops is a secondary cooperative, meaning they are a cooperative made up of member co-ops. Their members are apart of a regional network based in Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont. Through this network, they are able to provide developmental support, cooperative education, and ultimately raise awareness to strengthen the cooperative economy. In this episode I speak with executive director Adam Trott about the benefits of strong cooperative alliances, resources needed for worker-coops to be sustainable, cooperative internships for students, peer2peer learning, and how we can cultivate more cooperation between cooperatives. Valley of Worker Co-ops Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/ValleyAllianceofWorkerCooperatives/ ) Valley of Worker Co-ops Twitter ( https://twitter.com/VAWC7Ps )

First broadcast Saturday 13 March 2021 on Quarantine FM

Growing up in Washington D.C. during the legendary early years of the scene, Bobby learned a lot about community and cooperation from luminaries like Ian MacKaye, H.R. from Bad Brains and his brother Mark. His first band, Lunch Meat, later morphed into the iconic Dischord band Soulside, and he found himself touring the world while learning more about politics, injustice and Rastafari. In our conversation with Bobby, we discuss his introduction to punk rock and how political activism led to his immersion in food co-ops and cooperative economics, his work with prisoners in Western North Carolina and his recent book Revolutionary Threads. Bobby’s enthusiasm for his work is infectious, and we may have bent our ‘no back in the day’ stories rule for some great anecdotes about the D.C. scene in the 80’s. For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Bobby’s Book: Revolutionary Threads Revolutionary Threads: Rastafari, Social Justice, and Cooperative Economics | Bobby Sullivan | Akashic Books French Broad Co+Op About Us – French Broad Food Co+Op Food Justice Food Justice Movement - Wikipedia Food Not Bombs Food Not Bombs Chocolate Cow https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/3e/b5/bb3eb5697e8ce0f0c7dca22ac0cb792e.jpg Question for old timers!! does anyone remember a chocolate drink called "the Chocolate Cow"? | Yahoo Answers Worker vs Consumer Coops Ask Co-op Cathy: What's the Difference Between a Worker Co-op and an ESOP? – Cooperative Development Institute (cdi.coop) Pirate Governance Governance in 18th-century piracy - Wikipedia Bill’s Pirate Reads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41962953-pirates https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281693.Empire_of_Blue_Water https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41880091-the-last-pirate-of-new-york https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/295.Treasure_Island https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169961.The_Buccaneers_of_America https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23164968-pirate-hunters https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6428887-pirate-latitudes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/442239.The_Republic_of_Pirates https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/143718.The_Pirate_Hunter Best anti-punk leadership lesson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368772.The_Caine_Mutiny Equal Exchange Equal Exchange | Fairly Traded Coffee, Tea & Chocolate Dr. Bronners Dr Bronner's Moral ABCs - YouTube Dr. Bronner's – All-One! Frontier Co-Op Frontier CoOp Homepage | Frontier Coop Yo! Baby, Yogurt YoBaby - Stonyfield Danone to Sell Stonyfield Yogurt to Become U.S. Dairy Mega Brand - Organic Authority Is Bob a jerk!? Or is he just not into being fancy? https://youtu.be/mNd3RBZQrxA?t=28 National CoOp Grocers Board of Directors | National Co+op Grocers (ncg.coop) CoOps in US Facts about Cooperatives (iwdc.coop) Food Condominium Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: The Basics of Planting & Growing | The Old Farmer's Almanac Ron Reagan? COMMIES RATED RON TOO DIM TO BE A RED STAR :BUDDY SAYS REAGAN WAS REJECTED BY THE PARTY (nypost.com) Local Yugo promotes lost cause https://photos.app.goo.gl/igHbmAHoVKBVisoJ8 Zastava Koral Zastava - Zastava Koral (1980-2008) (motor-car.net) Soulside Live https://youtu.be/Kt4Qs02t7AU?t=888 Howard Zinn Howard Zinn in his own words - YouTube 1896 Battle of Adwa - Wikipedia Plessy v. Ferguson - Wikipedia Prisoner CoOps How Prisoner Co-ops Reduce Recidivism: Lessons from Puerto Rico and Beyond - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Shit Sandwich The Shit Sandwich and Other Terrible Ways to Give Feedback (idonethis.com) Aaron Cometbus Aaron Cometbus biography | Last.fm Y2K Y2K End of the world - YouTube Best Tim Kerr https://youtu.be/PBgU_7GAqcA?t=4 Worst Tim Kerr Tim Kerr Fights - YouTube Gogo https://youtu.be/XmLHDXrxO6A?t=619 Rare Essence https://youtu.be/Vz2k_rwmAgI?t=1411 ???? Roto-toms? https://youtu.be/9Kz81XdhPps?t=240 Burning Down The Haus BURNING DOWN THE HAUS: Punk Rock and the Fall of the Berlin Wall - YouTube HG Wells and Free Love HG Wells: prophet of free love | HG Wells | The Guardian Dischord $5 gigs, not $10m deals: the story of US punk label Dischord Records | Punk | The Guardian Waiting Room Video https://youtu.be/SGJFWirQ3ks?t=7 Best Fear Set https://youtu.be/XVV98fii9oc?t=3147

Welcome to Beyond The Now! We're joined by our guest Hillary Haden to discuss her Master's thesis in International Community Development. With a vision for a more equitable and environmentally sustainable world, Hillary brings a refreshing perspective on what it means to be a Changemaker. Having conducted her Master's thesis fieldwork in Cuba- whose socialist government has adapted to a combination of co-operative and state owned economy. In this interview we dig into her research in Cuba published in her Masters' thesis titled, “Worker Co-operatives and Economic Development: Promoting Culturally Effective, Economically Democratic Development Tools in the Age of Globalization” In this episode, Hillary joins us to discuss: The impact and future of a co-operative economic model to create lasting change The history and future of Cuba's 8 years of economic transition Redefining the historical family and religious narratives as a Changemaker Her personal experiences living life as a Changemaker The Social Movement Mindset and what it takes to endure the hard work of being a Changemaker Essential examples of self care for Social Changemakers This is part 1 of 3 of our interview with Hillary. Every Wednesday we post a new episode! Don't forget to subscribe and follow us wherever you listen to podcasts and engage on the internet ;) beyondthenowpod.com https://twitter.com/BeyondTheNowPod

Automation will make a lot of industries obsolete, but with Universal Basic Income and Worker Co-Ops we can create a better, stronger work force that is paid what they are worth! #UBI #WorkerCoOps #Socialism Written, Edited & Filmed by Krish Mohan Music: "Blue" by Old Game Download their album: https://oldgame.bandcamp.com Follow, Subscribe & Donate: https://linktr.ee/KrishMohanHaha Thanks to our current Patrons: Adam & Swarna, Aiden, Lee & Eleanor, Eduardo, Gregory W., Gregg, Hayley, Jason, Joseph, Michael, Uli, Vickie, Jay, Kathryn, Zack, Amy, Bharat, Andrew S., Jay Jackson, Martha, Sara, Teri & Don!

Automation will make a lot of industries obsolete, but with Universal Basic Income and Worker Co-Ops we can create a better, stronger work force that is paid what they are worth! #UBI #WorkerCoOps #Socialism Written, Edited & Filmed by Krish Mohan Music: "Blue" by Old Game Download their album: https://oldgame.bandcamp.com Follow, Subscribe & Donate: https://linktr.ee/KrishMohanHaha Thanks to our current Patrons: Adam & Swarna, Aiden, Lee & Eleanor, Eduardo, Gregory W., Gregg, Hayley, Jason, Joseph, Michael, Uli, Vickie, Jay, Kathryn, Zack, Amy, Bharat, Andrew S., Jay Jackson, Martha, Sara, Teri & Don!

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan discuss the possibility of a mandated COVID-19 vaccine. Around the world vaccines are being approved and will soon be shipped.Guests:Scott Ritter - Former UN Weapons Inspector | US Has Two Options: Accept Iran's Nuclear Program or Go To WarDaniel Lazare - Author and Independent Journalist | Is A Vaccine Mandate Constitutional?Professor Richard Wolff - Professor of Economics | Job Numbers, Worker Co-ops Safer for Workers The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Trump pulled out of the deal and many wonder what Biden will do when he takes over the oval office. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter explains the options the US has pertaining to Iran's nuclear program.The approvals are starting to roll in for COVID-19 vaccines. Some airlines have already said passengers will have to prove they have been vaccinated in order to board flights. Author Daniel Lazare discusses the possibility of a COVID vaccine being mandated.Even though the stock market is booming, the amount of businesses that have closed due to COVID is staggering. Economist Professor Richard Wolff gives us the job numbers and describes what is happening in the US economy.

Mo Manklang, Policy Director at the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives discusses findings of the Federation's survey, "Worker Co-ops: Weathering The Storm of COVID-19 and Beyond," and how those those findings will shape the work ahead toward building a stronger economy. As Policy Director, Mo Manklang leads policy efforts at the federal level, works with its membership on state and local initiatives, and heads up health benefits initiatives. She has been convening people in cooperatives and social impact for the past twelve years in a variety of roles, including five years with local news and events group Generocity.org. Mo is a founding board member of the Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, the Media and Marketing Committee of the Kensington Community Food Co-op, the Policy Committee of the Sustainable Business Network. She is also the co-founder and organizer of The Bechdel Test Fest, an annual festival highlighting women and transgender comedians in Philadelphia.

Harriet and Max interview Dawn Belkin Martinez about the Liberation Health Model, which she and other social workers developed 20 years ago to move toward a more holistic "mental health" approach that conceptualizes people's problems within economic, political, cultural, and historical contexts. She gives an overview of "the triangle" method, centering people's problems in the center of the triangle, and the three points of the triangle -- the personal, the cultural, the institutional -- contributing to those problems. Within this model, practitioners such as Dawn help individuals, families, and communities, develop action plans to change the conditions in their lives that cause their distress. This is a radical departure from the dominant mental health model which says most of our life problems stem from whatever is going on inside our heads. You can learn more at bostonliberationhealth.org, and facebook.com/groups/liberationhealth/ Contact us at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com Support us on patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/support

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guests Ashara Ekundayo, Esteban Kelly & Syrus Marcus Ware. [Live show recorded: June 8, 2020.] ASHARA EKUNDAYO is a Detroit-born independent curator, creative industries entrepreneur, cultural strategist, and founder working across arts, community, government, and social innovation spaces. Through her consulting company AECreative Consulting Partners, LLC she designs and manages multidimensional international projects and fosters collaborative relationships through the use of mindfulness and permaculture principles to bring vision to life and create opportunities “in the deep end,” often with unlikely allies. Her creative arts practice epistemology requires an embodied commitment to recognizing joy in the midst of struggle. // In 2012 Ashara co-founded Impact Hub Oakland and Omi Arts and served as the Co-Director, Curator, and the Chief Creative Officer who designed and bottom-lined the brand messaging and creative practice programming of the entire company. In December 2017, she launched Ashara Ekundayo Gallery as a pilot-project social practice platform centering and exclusively exhibiting the artwork of Black womxn and women of the African Diaspora to investigate and inspire social and spiritual inquiry at the nexus of fact, the Black feminist imaginary, and Afrofuturism through visual and performance installation. // She currently holds Advisory Board positions with VSCO.co, Black Girls Code and the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, and has served as a Fellow with the U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, Green For All, Emerging Arts Professionals, Schools Without Borders, and Institute For The Future. Ashara is also a Certified Permaculture Designer, Certified Foresight Practitioner, and a Graduate of Thousand Currents Leadership Academy and Rockwood Leadership – LeadNOW: California. Additionally, she holds an “Embodied Justice” Residency at Auburn Seminary in NYC, and an M.A. in Gender & Social Change from the Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver. // Ashara’s commitment to social transformation is informed by an intersectional framework that aims to expand the influence and impact of arts and culture on racial equity, gender + justice, and environmental literacy. She is a womanist, a meditator, a mentor, and the mother of two sons and three granddaughters. T/IG @blublakwomyn ESTEBAN KELLY is a visionary leader and compassionate strategist who inspires organizers by drawing on science fiction, social theory, and collective liberation. Uniting close friends and long-time co-organizers, Esteban was inspired to co-create AORTA culling together his creative energy and organizational skills for expanding food sovereignty, solidarity economy & cooperative business, gender justice & queer liberation, and movements for racial justice. // Esteban’s work is vast. In addition to working for AORTA, he is the Co-Executive Director for the US Federation of Worker Co-ops (USFWC), and a co-founder and current board President of the cross-sector Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA). // Internationally, Esteban has advocated for workplace democracy through the ICA (International Cooperative Alliance) and CICOPA (the international worker co-op federation), and for land reform and other social movements from Canada to Brazil. // After many years as a PhD student of Marxist Geographers at the CUNY Graduate Center, Esteban has left academia with a Masters in Anthropology. Most recently, Esteban worked as Development Director and then Staff Director for the New Economy Coalition. From 2009-2011, Esteban served as Vice President of the USFWC, and a board member of the Democracy At Work Institute (DAWI) and the US Solidarity Economy Network. He is also a previous Director of Education & Training and Board President of NASCO (North American Students for Cooperation) where he was...

Host: Brian Ernst Contestants: Nathan Hennenfent vs. Mitch Brinkman We've all been there. Either forced to go to the BBQ where you don't know a lot of folks, or you're really looking forward to a get together that then becomes plagued with bad conversation. Listen to see if any of these situations ring a bell. Stick around to the end where Brian gives you his definitive Fast 5 list: Top 5 Future Presidential Library Names. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Support this podcast

Monica E. Mitchell, Vice President of Community Development at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., discusses how her work has impacted communities throughout the Washington Metro Area, and her involvement in cooperative enterprises. Monica Mitchell has over 20 years' experience in banking and community development. In her role, Monica leads Corporate Philanthropy and Community Development work for the Maryland and Greater DC regions, responsible for affordable housing, workforce development, entrepreneurship and financial education efforts for low-to-moderate income communities, with a personal passion to address the intersectionality of these issues with public health outcomes. Monica is the founding President of the Board of the all-girls Lillie May Carroll Jackson Middle School in Baltimore City. She also serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, LISC DC, Baltimore Community Lending and Associated Black Charities. She was a founding member of the United Way of Central Maryland's Emerging Leaders United Program to promote the professional development and community involvement of Maryland's next generation of leaders. Monica has received numerous awards including: Baltimore Business Journal 40 Under 40, Baltimore Chamber of Commerce Education Advocate of the Year, Associated Black Charities Icon Award for contributions in Corporate Leadership and Philanthropy, Girl Scouts Distinguished Women honors and was inducted into The Maryland Top 100 Women Circle of Excellence - the youngest inductee in the program's 21 year history.

Everything Co-op broadcast live from Capitol Hill, with attendees of the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD). The conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland, October 18 - 20, 2019. Four attendees of the conference discuss their backgrounds in cooperatives, and what they hope to gain from participating in the conference. The ECWD, founded in 2002, is a conference that builds awareness of worker-owned businesses while strengthening existing worker co-ops. This three day conference in Baltimore will make space for connection, education, skill-building, and sharing, for worker-owners and allied leaders who work to improve the lives of workers and their families. The ECWD has been convened every two years in the Eastern United States, and was last hosted by Baltimore in 2011. This will be the first year that the program is organized directly by the US Federation of Worker Co-ops, this country's national grassroots membership organization for worker-owned cooperatives.

by Robert McGarvey There are maybe 400 worker owned co-ops in the US today.  How many will there be 10 years from now? Ask Michael Peck, a founder of 1worker1vote, and he says there will be four million. That's no typo.  He added, "I really believe we are at a tipping point." Worker co-ops now are burning brightest in the constellation of cooperative initiatives.  There is vastly more enthusiasm and energy around worker co-ops than any other kind.  This year perhaps two or three new credit unions will be chartered.  There will be hundreds of times more new worker co-ops. Peck however is no newcomer to worker co-operatives. He has been promoting them for at least a quarter century and he has long had a tie to Mondragon, the immensely successful Basque co-op that in fact is a global business. Peck accordingly sees immense potential for Mondragon-style co-ops to sprout in the US. A key, in his mind, is a cooperative ecosystem.  A stand alone co-op has tough going.  When a new co-op is surrounded by like mined people and businesses it's just much more likely to prosper, says Peck. He works to create that ecosystem.  For instance: he is very optimistic about the role labor unions can play in helping to develop new worker co-ops and that could be a win-win for unions which of course have suffered dramatic drops in membership and clout in the past quarter-century.  But just maybe a focus on starting worker co-ops may produce a brighter outlook for unions. By Peck's count maybe 10% of US workers have an ownership stake in where they work. But when workers are also owners they work harder and smarter. "Workplace democracy is possible for everybody," says Peck. Listen in to hear the past, present and possible future of worker co-ops. Fyi: The Cooperators Podcast has often focused on worker co-ops. Past episode include Esteban Kelly,  Melissa Hoover, Frank Shipper, and Alex Stone. Peck in the podcast mentioned the Cincinnati Union Co-op Initiative. Click the link to learn more. Also mentioned is a Barron's piece on the good immigrants do for the US. Read it here. Listen to the Peck podcast here.

The deep dive into Workers Cooperatives continues in the Cooperators Podcast.  Last week we talked with Esteban Kelly of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. This week it's Melissa Hoover, executive director of Democracy at Work Institute, self described think and do tank that is doing a lot of thinking about worker cooperatives and how to form more of them, and how to position them to succeed.   Hoover throws out lots of big ideas in this podcast but a key thought is that just maybe for many of us, as home ownership becomes but a dream, the real way to personal equity is a share of a business. According to her for many workers that just may be a new, 21st century reality and it is a compelling driver for the belief that we will be seeing a surge in the numbers of new worker cooperatives. Many of those co-ops likely will be in service businesses. Healthcare. Home care. Gateway jobs into the economy and if the worker can also be an owner, how great is that. A technical point. We started this podcast using one service but ran afoul with technical difficulties.  In this podcast you will hear my recap of that short conversation.  And then you will hear the actual podcast recording - using a different service - with Hoover. I kept that four minute starter recording however. For those who want to hear it, here's the link.  It's audible but the clicks and strange noises are annoying.   The full Hoover DAWI podcast is here. Like what you are hearing? The Cooperators Podcast seeks sponsors and supporters to help us spread the word about cooperatives and how they often are the better way. Contact Robert McGarvey to find out what you can do to sustain this podcast.

See my first video about worker co-ops that we refer to here: https://youtu.be/a1rkbTVS-iw Learn how to buy a business at https://www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Learn to sell a business at https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Find out more at my blog: https://www.DavidCBarnett.com And sign up for my email list so you never miss a video at https://www.DavidCBarnettList.com Related Article: Did you see the video I did two weeks ago talking about worker co-ops? If not, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/a1rkbTVS-iw That video prompted Jasmin to reach out to me to share her experience working with a community development lender whose aim is to finance the creation of worker co-ops. Jasmin’s background is in finance. She wanted to make sure the buyers in these deals, the workers, got into a good deal that made sense. Jasmin shared some of her time with me to explain what problems and issues kept coming up when she went in to do analysis and due-diligence. Watch as we discuss some of the deals and her experiences with the sellers and brokers trying to transfer small businesses into worker co-ops. I also share a little of my experience in doing successful transfers to employees as traditional buyers. Watch the video of our chat here: https://youtu.be/fJ6rsHmPLZQ Learn how to sell your business at https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Book a call with me at www.clarity.fm/davidbarnett Stop missing my videos and other news. Join my email list here: www.DavidCBarnettList.com #entrepreneurship #smallbiz #business #MandA #businessbroker #co-op

Connect with Finn online: http://www.fashion-worker.com/ Sign up for my email and learn more at https://www.DavidCBarnett.com Learn how to sell your own business at https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Related Article: ------------------------------------------ Well, let’s keep 2019 going with new things. This week I explore a new (to me) way of exiting a business. Sell it to your employees via forming a worker co-operative. I know very little about co-ops outside of the credit union, insurance companies and grocery stores that I see when driving around. Finn Mauritzen of www.fashion-worker.com joins me for a discussion on the different types of co-ops and how business owners can use this as a vehicle for exiting a business. Of course, I asked some important questions like: • If everyone is an owner, how does someone get fired? • Do the managers earn more? • Can a worker/owner sell his portion to someone else? • Etc. It was a great and informative conversation and I know you’ll learn something new as well. Watch the video of our chat here: https://youtu.be/a1rkbTVS-iw Learn how to sell your business at https://www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com Get an Audible subscription and listen to my book How to Sell My Own Business: A Guide to selling your own business without paying a broker’s commission for FREE. Book a call with me at www.clarity.fm/davidbarnett Stop missing my videos and other news. Join my email list here: www.DavidCBarnettList.com #entrepreneurship #smallbiz #business #MandA #businessbroker #co-op

What, you mean that "liberal" doesn't actually mean "socialist?!" Jason Lawrence from Portland DSA joins Garrett & I to detail what the actual differences between "liberalism" and "socialism" are, breaks down some basic Marxist principles like the labor theory of value, we mention John Rawls yet again, and even talk about Prof Richard Wolff's work. And Dave Chappelle. And the Jerky Boys. And John Dewey. And Boots Riley's _Sorry to Bother You_. Check out Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ideology-101-liberalism-vs-socialism-with-jason-lawrencepart-2 - The text we refer to is Ball & Dagger's _Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal_ - Dave Chappell on Crank Yankers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgE4yuPGmJU - Prof Richard Woff's lecture on Worker Co-ops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WUKahMm1s - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.

موضوع این قسمت اقتصاد تعاونی‌های دموکراتیک کارگری و Worker Co-ops .به عنوان یک سیستم اقتصادی‌ست بحث‌های جانبی: ادامه از قسمت دوم، اثر سرمایه‌داری در علم اقتصاد و سوال و جواب درباره اثر ریسکِ سرمایه‌گذاری در زندگی کارفرماها و کارگران :منابع www.democracyatwork.info Economic Update August 11th 2016 Inside Job (Documentary Film) The Article: What Do We … Continue reading قسمت سوم: تعاونی‌های دموکراتیک کارگری →

This week we talk about Donald Trump pulling out, and unfortunately the thing he is pulling out of is the Iran Nuclear Deal... We then discuss two sexual abuse cases in New York and PA state politics. Then we cover our Bigly Topic of the week: Worker Co-ops! Speaking of Co-ops, our good not american friend Dan (half of the 2 Skeptical Chaps podcast) joined us for the first segment and up and coming author Kent Spade tells us about his new book: Red, White, Blue, and Colors Check out 2 Skeptical Chaps here (we are the guests on ep 86!!!):http://www.2skepticalchaps.libsyn.com/@2SCPodcastAnd you can check out Kent's book here: http://a.co/1CNHW6z@kentspadespeaks

Air Date: 08/30/2016 Today we look in detail at the overdue concept of worker-owned and operated enterprises and what they can do to help improve the lives of people who work for a living Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Support our Winter Fundraiser! Join the Best of the Left Social Network! Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Own The Change: Building Workplace Democracy One Worker Cooperative At A Time - The F Word w/ @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date: 2-9-15 Ch. 3: Song 1: We Demand Change - Tristan James Ch. 4: Act 2: Dispelling some myths about worker coops - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 6-12-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: Banking on a Myth - Andrew Bird Ch. 6: Act 3: Defying the Crisis - The Spanish Collective Mondragan - Air Date 1-25-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: Look To The Future - Birthrite Ch. 8: Act 4: Julia Hutchins: How cooperative businesses can answer tough business challenges - TEDxMileHigh - Air Date 12-16-13 Ch. 9: Song 4: Cooperation - Jim Valley Ch. 10: Act 5: The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops -- Gar Alperovitz - Workplace Democracy - Air Date 9-15-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: Interesting Times - Akira the Don Ch. 12: Act 6: The UK Labor party taking the lead on worker coops - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 5-9-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Capitalism Is Tearing Us Apart - sole Ch. 14: Act 7: Join a Local Democracy @ Work Action Group via @Democracyatwrk - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 15: Song 7: Time for Action - Secret Affair Ch. 16: Act 8: Some barriers that prevent the creation of worker coops - @theLFshow w: @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 2-23-16

In episode #22 of Talking Radical Radio (July 24, 2013), executive director Hazel Corcoran talks about her two decades of work with the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation. For a more detailed description of the episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2013/07/24/trr-worker-coops/

This week some web wisdom on unions and the power of coops: - On Wealth and Labor - Progressive Faith Sermons www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkejN5WSnU - The social and ecological benefits of sharing the load - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/the_social_and_ecological_benefits_of_sharing_the_load_economic_update_w_profwolff - The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizen-less Democracy - Belabored www.bestoftheleft.com/john_nichols_nicholsuprising_the_fight_against_a_jobless_economy_and_a_citizen_less_democracy_belabored_dissentmag - Uber's revolution was mostly about circumventing labor unions - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/uber_s_revolution_was_mostly_about_circumventing_labor_unions_economic_update_w_profwolff - Unions and Wages - Thomas Hartman Show www.bestoftheleft.com/ - The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops - Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjicvAjGEY

Edition #1039 Today we look in detail at the overdue concept of worker owned and operated enterprises and what they can do to help improve the lives of people who work for a living Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Own The Change: Building Workplace Democracy One Worker Cooperative At A Time - The F Word w/ @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date: 2-9-15 Ch. 3: Song 1: We Demand Change - Tristan James Ch. 4: Act 2: Dispelling some myths about worker coops - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 6-12-16 Ch. 5: Song 2: Banking on a Myth - Andrew Bird Ch. 6: Act 3: Defying the Crisis - The Spanish Collective Mondragan - Air Date 1-25-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: Look To The Future - Birthrite Ch. 8: Act 4: Julia Hutchins: How cooperative businesses can answer tough business challenges - TEDxMileHigh - Air Date 12-16-13 Ch. 9: Song 4: Cooperation - Jim Valley Ch. 10: Act 5: The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops -- Gar Alperovitz - Workplace Democracy - Air Date 9-15-14 Ch. 11: Song 5: Interesting Times - Akira the Don Ch. 12: Act 6: The UK Labor party taking the lead on worker coops - Economic Update w: @profwolff - Air Date 5-9-16 Ch. 13: Song 6: Capitalism Is Tearing Us Apart - sole Ch. 14: Act 7: Join a Local Democracy @ Work Action Group via @Democracyatwrk - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 15: Song 7: Time for Action - Secret Affair Ch. 16: Act 8: Some barriers that prevent the creation of worker coops - @theLFshow w: @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 2-23-16 Voicemails Ch. 17: Voting in safe states - Steven from Brooklyn Ch. 18: Thoughts on "Safe States" - Darice from Washington, DC Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 19: Final comments on the end of our summer fundraiser Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone TAKE ACTION Find or start a Democracy At Work Action Group in your area at http://www.democracyatwork.info/groups Follow Democracy At Work on Twitter at @Democracyatwrk  EDUCATE YOURSELF  Economic Update Podcast The Next System Project  Truth Out Written by BOTL social media/activism director Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

A short documentary in partnership with Toolbox for Education and Social Action. Watch as we go through concrete steps for building economic alternatives by creating worker-owned cooperatives. Featuring conversations with worker-owners from Union Cab; Ginger Moon; Arizmendi Bakery, Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA); New Era Windows; and more.For supplementary materials from Toolbox for Education and Social Education, visit store.toolboxfored.org/own-the-change/