As we end 2023, we turn to the light of a new year. As hard as the suffering and injustice is this year, and as we know with great sadness that it will not go away next, we remain steadfast in shepherding in the kind of change … Continue Reading ››
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Author: Rob Persons, SLU MA student
The economy doesn’t work for the vast majority of people. Wages are low, costs are high, and employers treat workers like replaceable cogs. The system needs to be changed, but mainstream politics doesn’t seem up to the task. Where will the … Continue Reading ››
Dolphin SchoolsBrooklyn Communities Collaborative and Community Worker Ownership Project FellowshipAs a culminating event for our graduate certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership five Fellows pitched their ideas to a convening of colleagues, comrades and “Dolphins”, (note this was not your standard … Continue Reading ››
The semester has taken off with some strong partnership with the Community and Worker Ownership Project.In early September we presented at the US Federation of Worker Coops at an in-person conference in Philadelphia where we partnered with many to explore … Continue Reading ››
How Unions and Cooperative Together Build Worker PowerBy Brandi AldukOn April 26th, the SLU Alumni Association invited us to have a conversation about our project at CWOP. We focused the discussion on unions and Co-ops together to help facilitate stronger … Continue Reading ››
A conversation about workers, communities and social justice
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As we end 2023, we turn to the light of a new year. As hard as the suffering and injustice is this year, and as we know with great sadness that it will not go away next, we remain steadfast in shepherding in the kind of change … Continue Reading ›› 
