Interested in the potential for the conversion of conventionally owned businesses into worker cooperatives? The Democracy Collaborative has published an interview with Democracy At Work Institute Executive Director Melissa Hoover on the potential of cooperative conversions, their challenges and the Institute's support for them. Check out the whole interview here. more

On November 21st, 2013 the Democracy at Work Institute and the National Young Farmers Coalition hosted a webinar highlighting just a few of the successful cooperatives building local food systems and creating more sustainable livelihoods for young farmers. You can view the conference presentation and read more about the cooperatives here. Due to the popularity of the webinar the Institute and the NYFC will be hosting an encore presentation in December, 2013 or January, 2014. To be informed of this, and upcoming webinars sign up here. more

Join us November 1 for a webinar explaining our vision for the Institute, our current work and our plans. Space is limited. Please email info@institute.usworker.coop to RSVP. more