Learn how a journey to a remote location in Peru to meet ACOPAGRO co-op members, connected communities and gave purpose and meaning to all.
Democratizing the technology sector
A community of worker-owned cooperatives is working to boost global cooperation among cooperatives worldwide.
Paving the way for social and labor inclusion
Meet Diomcoop, a cooperative founded in 2017 to address the growing social concern and advocacy for immigrants in vulnerable situations.
Fighting for our lives
COPPALJ is a family farming cooperative in the Maranhão States in Brazil. Learn how they fought for the land they have lived on for generations.
Asiapro Multi-Purpose Cooperative
Asiapro Multi-purpose Cooperative ranks among the country’s largest and excellently managed social enterprises. From a pioneer workers cooperative established in 1999 by 60 members who envisioned marginalized, low-income workers enjoying the full benefits of regular employment, Asiapro (together with its affiliates) exponentially grew and became a strong collective force of 65,000 workers. They serve up […]
The Story of Korean Social Economy
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative is the first supermarket in Korea to be operated by a workers’ cooperative. This start was initiated by people who were involved in campaigns against the special law regarding the development of Jeju Island and the construction of the Jeju Naval Base in Gangjeong village. They established their Happiness Sharing Co-operative […]
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative is the first supermarket in Korea to be operated by a workers’ cooperative. Starting with Happiness Sharing Mart, the co-op opened its second store in 2016. They also opened ‘Berry Jeju’, an online and offline shopping mall that sells Jeju specialties and cultural products, ‘Seomchae’, a local food buffet restaurant, and […]
Why a worker cooperative?
Along with a couple of my co-founders of a worker cooperative developing an indoor playground and cafe, I am currently taking a course entitled “Small Business: The Fundamentals” through our local small business development council. As part of the 20-hour course, the instructors go over the types of legal entities an entrepreneur should consider utilizing […]
Out of the Bubble and into the Community
While just up the street, buses labeled “Google” and “Apple” cart employees back and forth from massive campuses, the workers at TechCollective make their way to the first floor of a house surrounded by ornate, old, wooden Victorian houses in the heart of San Francisco. As the Bay Area buzzes with dot-commers fighting to be […]