Archives
Translate Plugin created by Cheap Web Hosting - Powered by dstt and Laptop Carrying Cases.
Category Archives: worker co-ops
Ridgeline Homecare Co-op
The newest entrant in Washington Homecare Cooperative is Ridgeline Homecare Co-op. They are in the process of obtaining their agency license.
The co-op expects to serve the cities of Port Angeles and Sequim but will be licensed for Clallam County. Clallam … Continue reading
PT Shipwrights: They Saw, They Conquered
Just a short write up today to acknowledge one of the oldest functioning worker co-ops in Washington: The Port Townsend Shipwrights Cooperative. They started out this journey (or voyage) in 1981 with 8 shipwrights and a ship’s saw. The Co-op … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, worker co-ops
Tagged history, Ownership, self-help, self-responsibility
Leave a comment
Blue Scorcher: Bread and Circles
The Blue Scorcher Bakery and Café in Astoria, Oregon is a very unique worker co-op. This worker co-op started out as The Bread Collective, a small group of bread bakers. As the collective grew in reputation, production, and staff, a … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, worker co-ops
Tagged conversions, history, participatory management, sociocracy
Leave a comment
Black Moon Rising: The New Moon Café
Today in the National Co-op Month series, the focus is on Olympia’s second oldest active worker cooperative.
The New Moon Café converted to a worker-owned organization in August, 2013. The sale was financed though member equity and the previous owner. In … Continue reading
Capital Homecare-18 months in
On March 3, 2018, the workers of Capital Homecare Cooperative received their Agency license from the State of Washington. In Washington, home care (not to be confused with home healthcare) is heavily regulated. Just to get licensed (which also means … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, worker co-ops
Tagged Cooperatives, human dignity, Ownership, self-responsibility
Leave a comment
Le Voyeur–The Next Generation
Le Voyeur has been a mainstay of Olympia’s scene since 1997.
“Le Voyeur offers vegan-friendly food, drunk-friendly drinks, and punk-friendly entertainment. It’s also a good spot for some Olympian people-watching, as college kids and townies mix with K Records royalty and … Continue reading
Labor Unions and Co-ops, part 5
There and Back Again: Unions and Worker Co-operatives
In October 2009, the United Steelworkers and Mondragón Co-operative held a joint press conference to announce a partnership to create worker-owned unionized factories in the United States (Witherell, 2013). This marked the first … Continue reading
Posted in American Dream, worker co-ops
Tagged American Dream, labor movement, labor unions, union cab, union-coop, unionism
Leave a comment
Capital Homecare Cooperative
I’ve been working with a group of caregivers and community members in Olympia for almost four years now. Through a number of starts and stops, they have been working towards creating a home care cooperative in Olympia, Washington.
The co-op incorporated … Continue reading