In Labornotes, a look at how Seed Commons member Co-op Cincy is building worker power:

Co-op Cincy was founded in 2011 as a joint project of the Steelworkers (USW) and the famed Mondragon cooperatives in Spain’s Basque Country. According to co-founder Ellen Vera, the nonprofit coordinates and supports a network of 12 worker cooperatives, mostly small ones. Together these co-ops employ 100 people, about 50 of them worker-owners; a majority are people of color and over 60 percent are women. [...] Founded by labor organizers and unionists, Co-op Cincy enjoys the support of the Cincinnati Central Labor Council, and of USW Local 14734 and Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 75, which represent workers at two of the co-ops.

Read the article now (Matt Noyes, Labornotes, March 15, 2024)