For follow up please contact: Rebecca Lurie
347-556-8458
Rebecca@NewDeal.coop
New Deal Home Improvement Company is a worker owned construction and remodeling company in New York City, dedicated to three things:
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serving our customers with quality and integrity
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providing good employment opportunities for our workforce and subcontractors
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building an effective, cooperatively run business that strives to put into practice our shared values for equity, fairness and sustainability.
This position may be filled with full time positions up to 40 hours a week OR may be assigned by hours on a job by job basis.
Every new hire is assigned a title, and a wage rate, according to the initial interview and assessment. After initial and subsequent evaluations, rates and position can change. After 1000 hours of working with the company opportunities to join the cooperative are presented. Our current wage structure for all in the company is between $15.00-$30.00 per hour.
Carpenter Level 3
This person has the full skills of a master carpenter. S/he can read plans and execute accordingly. They have their own hand tools and are able to solve multiple challenges in the field. They have good communication skills for discussing solutions and options with co-workers and managers. They are able to direct other workers to allow the flow for a team with trainees and may have some communication with other trades workers on the project so there is adequate interaction and cooperation. S/he will have at least four years experience in wide range of applications for carpentry work. S/he will have OSHA 10 hour construction safety certification or is committed to attain it in a timely fashion. S/he will prove her/his skills in the first weeks of a job and an evaluation of their skills will be part of assigning and/or continuing this title and wage rate.
Background on Worker-Owned Coops:
At this moment in American history many of us are wondering about the “American Dream” while we witness an economy that discards people like garbage and too often leaves them desperately striving for their piece of the pie. While struggling to make ends meet we also may wonder how to control our own destiny in this economy. A worker cooperative is a business owned and democratically operated by its worker-owners, (or what becomes of its “members”). There are many kinds of cooperatives: consumer cooperatives are owned by their customers, housing cooperatives are owned by their residents, and credit unions are owned by their depositors. And there are worker-owned businesses. A requirement of cooperatives is that each member has one vote in membership decisions. This contrasts with a “conventional corporation” in which investors get one vote for each share that they and the profits are distributed to the investors alone, in proportion to their shares. And it contrasts with a small firm where the owner is the boss and sets all the rules and the profits go to the owner(s).
At New Deal Home Improvement, our democratically operated business means that the members together make large decisions for the company. If we do well with our jobs the profits are shared with the members. The management structure and how we run is agreed to by the members and there is a dedication to grow the company with more worker-owners as a way to demonstrate our vision for how wealth building and healthy community development can be intertwined.
Overview of our company: New Deal was founded by five people who share a passion to for a better world and dedicated their time and skill to building a company with a common vision. There is a Management Team who manages the day to day operations of the company. For the time being the Management Team is made up of founding members. Workers at every level of the organization are eligible to become members after working 1,000 hours and can be invited to become members if they and the current members agree. We have a philosophy that we are a learning organization, which means that discussion, evaluation and feedback are critical to our continuous improvement and critical for our development. New workers are encouraged to be part of the feedback loop and learning as we go. This built-in evaluation process is part of the company culture and DNA. Consideration for membership includes that participation in these discussions.
