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As German Unions Struggle to Save Jobs, Worker Buyouts Are on the Rise
Germany’s employment model is under attack, as mass closures and cost-cutting businesses make once-stable engineering jobs ever more precarious. Some trade unionists have turned to worker buyouts as a means of saving jobs — a move that hands workers more control of their situation, but also brings dangers of its own.
Worker Ownership for the 99%:
Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), together with representatives from Mondragon International, S.A., the global worker industrial cooperative leader, and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC), announced today that
Local growers hoping to form worker-member Lawrenceville co-op
Being a small food producer is hard. There are physical issues, such as dealing with climate change and the changing of the seasons. Then, there are the challenges of packaging, marketing and selling your goods, which can be expensive and inefficient. “In Pennsylvania, 4% of farmers are making an actual value-added product,” said Rob Breen. […]
Tamil Nadu State Primary Cooperative Bank Employees Union stages demonstration in Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu State Primary Cooperative Bank Employees Union demands salary hike, pension benefits, and improved working conditions in protest.
River Valley Co-op Workers Opened up Bargaining—and Won Big
River Valley Co-op is a consumer-owned cooperative grocery store with two locations in Western Massachusetts. We have been unionized with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1459 for the last
How Unions Can Solve the Housing Crisis
The labor movement once built thousands of low-cost co-op apartments for working class New Yorkers. It could do so again.
Stronger Together?
Bernard Marszalek spent eighteen years as a member of a worker-cooperative union printshop, and was a founding member of the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives. Peter Ranis, Cooperatives Confront… READ MORE
Worx Printing Co-op’s principles and union co-op history
Worx Printing Co-op, a United Steelworker shop in Worcester, MA has some new offerings for the movement!
10 Union Co-op Principles graphically illustrated
A detailed history of Union Co-ops and more illustrative graphics
Unions Stole The Show At Last Night’s GDC Awards
“It is time, more than time, we as an industry left behind the idea that our work is made better by our pain—that the price of passion is exploitation, that job security and pension plans and workplaces free of harassment are impossible dreams,” she said. “We have to demand them collectively. Not just for ourselves, but for each other as well.”
Other developers also used their time on stage to quietly show support for the idea of unionization. At the end of the IGF show, the Seamus McNally Grand Prize was presented by Night in the Woods developers Alec Holowka and Scott Benson, the latter of whom wore a “UNION NOW” pin and recently founded a worker-owned cooperative alongside fellow designer Bethany Hockenberry to produce their next game.