Protección de Activos Para Empresari@s
Author(s):
Democracy at Work Institute
Year:
2018
En asociación con el Instituto de Democracia en el Lugar de Trabajo (DAWI), la
Asset Building
Asset Protection for Entrepreneurs
Author(s):
Democracy at Work Institute
Year:
2018
A partnership between the Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI), the
Raising Our Future Together: How Cooperatives Can Create Better, More Affordable Child Care in NYC
Author(s):
Anh-Thu Nguyen, Tim Palmer, Osman Ahmed
Year:
2017
The development of worker cooperative child care providers, from centers to in-home providers to nannies, should be included as part of a long-term strategy to address affordable childcare in New York City. This report, co-authored by DAWI and FPWA, spells out key recommendations that the Mayor’s office and City Council could implement to increase access to child care while increasing the quality of child care jobs.
Capturing the Imagination of Future Social Entrepreneurs: A Robust University Based Anchor Institution-led Development Model
Author(s):
Sherman Kreiner
Year:
2013
This is an overview of the University of Winnipeg's anchor-led model for community economic development. It positions the Winnipeg model as a robust example of an anchor institution strategy, and includes a broad survey of US worker cooperative development and movement-building efforts of the last 30 years.
Low-income & Immigrant Worker Cooperative Formation
Author(s):
Edward W De Barbieri
Year:
2013
Introductory basics on forming a worker cooperative with immigrants. Goes over legal formations and basic theory behind organizing as a cooperative.
Creating Jobs through Cooperative Development
Author(s):
Nancy Conover, Frieda Molina, Karin Morris
Year:
1993
This study highlights economic development cooperatives in California in an attempt to analyze the factors most influential in creating and sustaining ventures that are both economically viable and member-governed. It documents the goals of the founders and the members of California cooperatives in the service sector, and determines the extent to whcih the goals have been realized.
Local Government Support for Cooperatives
Author(s):
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
Year:
2012
This guide provides a catalog of efforts made by local government institutions to support cooperative development in their regions
On the Pursuit of Federal Funding for Urban Cooperative Development: A Matter of Fairness in Funding
Author(s):
Lisa Stolarski
Year:
2008
This white paper addresses the issue of fairness in funding for cooperative development in the United States and advocates for federally funded cooperative development assistance that is on par with that ofered for non-cooperative business development. It also emphasizes the disparity between rural and urban cooperative access to funding and proposes an increase in availabiity of funding for urban cooperatives without hindering rural cooperative development.
Building Community Economies in Massachusetts: an Emerging Model of Economic Development?
Author(s):
Julie Graham and Janelle Cornwell
Year:
2009
The Alliance to Develop Power (ADP) and Nuestras Raíces (Our Roots) are two longstanding community organizations growing in the fertile social soil of the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
A Targeted Approach to Worker Co-op Development: Lessons from Mondragon and Northern Italy
Author(s):
Sherman L. Kreiner
Year:
1989
PACE of Philadelphia has used an extremely "targeted" strategy for developing worker-owned enterprises in the food business. Our results include a food-brokerage company, a lobster plant and distribution warehouse and a network of supermarkets (the O&O Store) in the Philadelphia area. The O&O stores are formally linked through a second-degree co-operative which sets standards for use of the trademark and tradename, establishes requirements for technical assistance, facilitates deals for goods and services for all stores and serves as a locus for discussion of common problems.
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