Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives

A look at a multi-stakeholder cooperative with a worker-owner member class and bylaws that state neutrality toward union formation.

In this episode of All Things Co-op, Cinar, Larry and Kevin talk with John Hayes of MyCoolClass about the rise of educational platforms and online learning. My Cool Class aims to give power back to the teachers as they navigate the online teaching world and show how cooperative principles can shake up the space.

This case study analyses a multi-stakeholder network of single-stakeholder co-ops that emerged in the Colorado solar energy industry that could be a replicable model for scaling co-operative businesses despite challenges of capital access.

An interview with Cole Mannix of Old Salt Co-op, in Helmsville, Montana.

What if rather than selling out, successful businesses became community assets that put ownership and governance in the hands of workers and even consumers? Could a startup become a means of building community wealth, economic justice, and accountability over our technology?

Ebony Gustave interviews East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Executive Director Noni Sessions for the Cooperative Journal podcast.

Fairmondo is an online-marketplace owned by its local users currently based in Germany. It is an ethical alternative aiming to compete against Amazon’s extractive model.

DisCOs are a possible and plausible catalyst for slipping out of today’s decaying economy, and creating true ecology within the economic framework.

Central Co-op in Seattle converted to a solidarity (multi-stakeholder) model that includes a new membership class for staff.