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In the 60s and 70s, the California Bay Area was a hotspot for worker co-ops — businesses owned and governed by the people who work in them. Over the years activism abated, gentrification set in and most of those co-ops collapsed and died.
Now they're back, but there's a difference. This time, worker co-ops are seen as a serious solution to America's economic woes. City governments are investing in the idea. Creating worker co-ops is listed third on Bernie Sanders's 12-point Agenda for America.
Once again, the California Bay Area is at the forefront of the worker co-op movement.
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