high-road economic development
Senate committee holds hearing on employee ownership in Montpelier
Vermont Employee Ownership Center reports onthe field hearing of the Senate committee on Health, Education, Kabir, and Pensions (HELP) conerning worker-ownership legislation Sen Bernie Sanders has introduced. http://www.veoc.org/hearing.html
Doing Green Jobs Right
An article in The Nation magazine tells how Boston's Green Justice Coalition is creating "a model to connect the struggle for environmental justice with the fight for living-wage jobs, helping to lay the groundwork for a new generation of community-labor coalitions across the country."
Community Development | Cross-Sector Alliances | Economic Justice | Environmental Justice | green economy | high-road economic development | local living economies | Networking & Collaboration | place-based (local) economics | Racial Justice | solidarity economy | Strategies for Change | United States | Gleanings
The "B" Corp: A New Social Model for Business
The "B Corp" (B for "beneficial) is growing in popularity among mission-driven businesses.
Ethical Purchasing | high-road economic development | United States | Gleanings
