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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Co-ops are Having a Moment

Sometimes we circle back in our work; revisiting previous efforts with new tools, fresh eyes, and renewed conviction. In my personal mission to help make our economy more accessible, sustainable, and equitable—I’m circling back to worker ownership as an enduring and now reawakening model of economic strength. It began on the phone with my son, finishing college and refining his resume. He called after reading mine.

HIM: Mom, you started a worker co-op in Lowell in the 1990s? That’s so cool! I never knew that… why didn’t you tell me?

ME: Uh yes, but you were 2 years old. Most of our discussion at the time focused on you not trashing my office…

HIM: Oh yeah. But that’s really cool, Mom!

After I recovered from hearing a son saying his mother might have been cool, I began to look again at worker ownership. Were co-ops cool again?

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