August 21, 2014

How the Largest Worker Owned Co-op in the US Lifts People Out of Poverty

How the Largest Worker Owned Co-op in the US Lifts People Out of Poverty

"Cooperatives are businesses owned and controlled by their members on the basis of one member, one vote. Given enough time, worker-owned cooperatives tend to increase wages and improve working conditions, and advocates say a local co-op generally stays where it’s founded and acts as a leadership-building force."