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NYC Cleaning Co-op Gets Its Own App

In New York, a new mobile app could revolutionise business growth for worker co-ops in low-income industries.

An initiative between the house-cleaning co-op Si Se Puede! (We can do it!) and a group of researchers from Cornell Tech graduate school aims to allow them to offer home-cleaning services to a wider spectrum of clients. The low-wage workers can therefore be connected to the ‘digital sharing economy’.

The Coopify app was unveiled at the Platform Cooperativism event in New York last November. Clients can easily request house cleaning through the app, which is owned by the cleaners themselves.

Read the full article at Co-operative News

 

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