Worker Coops Getting a Foothold in Ten US Cities
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Capitalist News Interpreted /
13 Oct 2016
Nice overview of how well-received worker coops have been in ten US cities. In New York there are courses in how to start a worker coop in ten steps. All coops must be wary of accepting money from local, state or federal government, and if coops are successful they will become a threat to capitalism. But for now, these initiatives give coops visibility.
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Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.