worker coop

468. San Francisco Bay Area Coops: A Photo Journey

Out at the edge of the Western United States, the San Francisco Bay Area is home to dozens of unique, cooperatively-owned businesses. California has long engendered hopes and dreams of epic proportion and lured prospectors seeking wonder and wealth. In the 1840s the world heard a rumor that gold lay in California’s northern hills. Cooperatives […]

464. 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 […]

453. Diversifying Over 50 Years

Wedding catering, school uniform tailoring, expedited freight: just some of the diverse services offered by Koperasi Warga Semen Gresik (KWSG), one of Indonesia’s largest cooperatives. The cooperative’s unique history is closely intertwined with that of the country’s biggest cement producer, PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk, recently renamed as Semen Indonesia, the first state-owned enterprise to […]