Fundamentally, he poses the question that if America has repeatedly gone to war abroad “to make the world safe for democracy,” isn’t it time that we brought the war home to make the American workplace safe for democracy, too? More

After a successful crowd-funding campaign that raised the funds for a manufacturing licence, Earthworker Cooperative Australia and Eureka’s Future Workers Cooperative will install their first solar hot water unit in Melbourne on April 15. More

These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad. We will focus on the evolving global capitalist economic crisis and its consequences. More

The Co-operative Group is now officially the most LGB-friendly retailer in the UK, ranking third in the 2013 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, which measures employers’ efforts to tackle discrimination in the workplace. More

Rob Witherell sits down with Truthout to discuss labor organizing and the partnership between USW and Mondragon. More

Organized by the Financial Times, Mondragon won “for what it represents in terms of a real proposal for a new type of business model, “Humanity at work”, based on cooperation, working together, solidarity, and involving people in the work environment”. More

The Lompoc Cooperative Development Project started when citizens, concerned about the lack of jobs, looking into starting up some worker-owned cooperative businesses. The Green Broom Brigade will be the first of several, as they aspire. More

Breaking down the barriers that confront smallholder farmers daily not only improves their livelihoods, but also helps alleviate hunger and poverty, protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, and establish more sustainable food systems. More

When Iris Harrell decided to retire in 2001, she didn't have an heir to leave her remodeling company to, and didn't want to see it destroyed by a new owner. She decided to give the company to her employees. More

As the economy worsens and bad news keeps rolling in, there are at least a few sources of hope. More