Worker owned cooperatives were celebrated on Tuesday at the Rhode Island State House, with a press conference, resolutions read in both chambers of the General Assembly and exhibitions from local cooperatives and supporters of cooperatives. The events were coordinated by Fuerza Laboral, the Central Falls Labor and Community Organization, and the Center for Employee Ownership, a group working to promote and support Worker Cooperatives.
Worker owned cooperatives are businesses established and rooted in communities within Rhode Island. These jobs don’t leave the state. Cooperatives are local, promote worker-owned job creation, and are democratic in nature. These jobs are also sustainable and green, such as the Healthy Planet Cleaning Co-op in Central Falls.
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