worker cooperatives
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Event: Putting Democracy to Work: How Women Lead Worker Cooperatives (7/24)
Wednesday, July 24, 2019: 6:30-8:00 PM CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, Room 18A-B New York, NY 10036 Featuring: Adria Powell, CEO and President, Cooperative Home Care Associates Maru Bautista, Director of the Cooperative Development Project, Center of Family Life Rebecca Lurie, CUNY SLU Professor, Moderator Join us for a…
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Announcing: the Murphy Institute Community and Worker Ownership Project
The Murphy Institute has a strong history of helping students and workers understand how to improve their lives at work and in their communities. To that end, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new project at CUNY at the Murphy Institute, Community and Worker Ownership Project (CWOP). In this age of burgeoning inequality and pervasive…
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Damayan Cleaning Cooperative: From Labor Trafficking to Worker Ownership
On the Laura Flanders Show this week, Damayan Cleaning Cooperative, the first Filipina migrant worker-cooperative in the United States had a chance to tell their story. Comprised primarily of survivors of labor trafficking, these cooperative members have created dignified, democratic livelihoods for themselves by starting a cleaning cooperative. This work connects to Damayan Migrant Workers Association‘s work…
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Event: Solidarity Economies & Worker Coops (12/4)
December 4, 8:30 -10:30am The Murphy Institute 25 W. 43 Street, 18 Floor The local movement of worker cooperatives, supported by the City Council, has increasingly caught the imagination of workers and organizers. What is the potential and what are the limitations of worker co-ops in building a movement for economic and social justice? To what…
