Our vision is to create a community where offices, factories and stores are run democratically. Worker cooperatives are businesses owned and controlled by their workers. Studies show that worker cooperatives tend to pay higher wages, provide better benefits, stay in business longer, and encourage dignified workplaces.
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All Things Co-op is a bi-weekly podcast that explores everything co-op. From theoretical and philosophical conversations about political economy and the relations of production, to on-the-ground interviews with cooperative workers, All Things Co-op aims to appeal to a wide audience of activists, organizers, workers, and students to be better educated and motivated to create a new cooperative society.
Join us for the first of many reading groups hosted by Democracy At Work DC. Join D@W members where we discuss Richard Wolff’s article “Capitalism Is The Reason Your Employer Is Screwing You Over“. This should be a… Read More
You’re invited to a special presentation on the cooperative economy in Cuba. With 5,000 worker-owned businesses already in operation, cooperatives have achieved a prominent role in Cuba’s socialist economy and are expected to continue to grow. Camila Pineiro,… Read More
Join Democracy at Work DC to discuss and explore ways in which worker coops and socialist movements can work together to promote freedom, cooperation, and economic justice. Worker coops promote cooperation and freedom of workers, but may fail… Read More
Democracy at Work DC (d@w-DC) is a volunteer-led social movement to reorganize our workplaces in a truly democratic fashion — one where decision-making power and wealth are shared equally. Sign up for updates.
