Manufacturing

Worker-Owned, Worker-Spun

Ethan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:34:54 -0400

Introducing the Green Mountain Spinnery, a worker-owned wool spinnery in Vermont.

King Arthur Flour: "B" Is for "Beneficial"

Ethan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:10:21 -0500

An employee-owned company has become the first "B" Corporation-- a new logo and certification that indicates social and environmental responsibility.

Forward from the book "SIN PATRON: Stories from Argentina's Worker-Run Factories

Ethan — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:55:44 -0500

By Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis

On March 19, 2003, we were on the roof of the Zanon ceramic tile factory, filming an interview with Cepillo. He was showing us how the workers fended off eviction by armed police, defending their democratic workplace with slingshots and the little ceramic balls normally used to pound the Patagonian clay into raw material for tiles. His aim was impressive. It was the day the bombs started falling on Baghdad.

A Participatory Credit Union for Worker Cooperatives

Ethan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:28:33 -0500

By Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

In order to compete in a corporations-dominated economy, worker cooperatives need millions of dollars to finance large-scale businesses in manufacturing and production.

"That's the hole in the cooperative movement which there needs to be some infrastructure for," said Michael Leung, of Somerville, MA, who last year earned a doctorate in Physics from Princeton University. "I don't personally see a way where co-ops have the mechanism for large-scale growth."