The Working World

Thinking about retiring from your small business? Employee ownership could be the solution you're looking for. See how this flexible business model can help ease your retirement worries and set you up for your next step. RSVP at bit.ly/3vpUZ75 and see you on May 24!

Tomorrow! Hear from a wide range of companies employing sustainable business models, including representatives from the green economy sector, to better understand how cooperative models are gaining momentum. RSVP now at bit.ly/2PQQraO

We are so proud to support the team of worker owners at Brooklyn Stone and Tile and to be part of the Employee Ownership NYC initiative Owner to Owners.

We are proud to join @NYCMayor and our network of partners to launch Owner to Owners! This initiative helps business owners explore the option of selling their company to their employees. Learn how: bit.ly/2Vqmo8Y

.@CM_MargaretChin So many worker #coops are BIPOC-run orgs, protecting our communities. We were essential before COVID19, and we’re essential now! Support workers by strengthing #WCBDI in the FY21 budget!

Funding for #WCBDI has provided essential support to BIPOC workers in NYC. Now is the time to ensure this support continues. Pls fully fund WCBDI and support Black, Latinx, and immigrant business ownership. @NYCSpeakerCoJo @CarlinaRivera @Dromm25 twitter.com/itsanhthu/stat…

@NYCSpeakerCoJo #WCBDI funding helps orgs like ours launch programs to support MWBE & immigrant business facing unprecedented risk of closure by transitioning them to employee ownership. Fully fund #WCBDI!

@NYCSpeakerCoJo @Vanessalgibson @dianaayalanyc @Salamancajr80 @ReynosoBrooklyn @cmenchaca The City budget reflects what you value. Time to #DefundNYPD and prioritize the City we need. Help grow #Coops where they're needed most. Fully fund #WCBDI.

@cmenchaca we need you to continue supporting small businesses owned by immigrant communities in Sunset Park! Fully fund the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative! #WCBDI

#WCBDI funding gave worker cooperatives in the Bronx like TRIBE Co-Create Cooperative and White Pine Community Farm access to business incubators, and help with accounting, financial analyses. Fully fund #WCBDI so we can keep supporting BIPOC-run businesses in NYC!

.@DRichards13 #WCBDI funding allowed us and our partners to provide rapid response assistance to coops suffering from economic distress during #COVID19 crisis: together we moved over $10m in federal aid to BIPOC-run businesses. Fully fund #WCBDI for FY21!

.@RCornegyJr Worker Coop Business Development Initiative #WCBDI helps BIPOC workers protect their own own communities. Fully fund WCBDI in the FY21 budget!

We stand with Black communities resisting the violence of police brutality and racial capitalism. Our office will be closed Fri 6/5 for our team to rest, reflect, and take action. More here - facebook.com/theworkingworl… #BlackLivesMatter

So many of our borrower businesses have been able to keep going thanks to cooperation, innovation, and community relief efforts in the cooperative movement. Could this pandemic reveal the true strengths of worker ownership? truthout.org/articles/pande…

@DRichards13 please continue to support a solidarity economy that works for all - support #WCBDI in the FY21 budget at $5.04m!

@HelenRosenthal, we need you to support the recovery of small businesses by funding the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative at $5.04m #WCBDI

@MarkGjonajNY, 70% of #coop worker-owners in NYC are immigrant workers. Support them by enhancing #WCBDI in the FY21 budget at $5.04m! #essential

@CM_MargaretChin, support #WCBDI in the FY21 budget at $5.04m! We have provided over 9,000+ educational services to 200 start-up co-op businesses. #essential

Commissioner @GreggBishopNYC of @NYC_SBS giving a shoutout to worker-ownership opportunities for converting businesses that lack succession plans at @NYCCouncil Small Business Committee Hearing

This #MayDay, we demand a #PeoplesBailout that takes us from pandemic to prosperity, without leaving anyone behind. Join us: PeoplesBailout.ca