After Microsoft fired 136 of id Software's 185 staffers (+ over 3000 other Xbox jobs), producer Andrew Willis is saying worker-owned studios are "the only way to fix the video game industry"! As one such worker-owned studio, we couldn't agree more! www.gamesradar.com/games/after-...

Solar cooperatives are helping Americans save on energy costs. One person reported that after joining a solar co-op, she now only pays $5 a month instead of $300 on energy bills during the summer. These co-ops leverage collective purchasing power to make costs more affordable.

Thank you to the cooperatives, unions and support organizations sponsoring the 2026 Worker Co-op Conference #WCC26 ! @steelworkers.bsky.social Join us in Boston, MA from September 25-26 the largest worker cooperative convening in the country: wcc26.usworker.coop #WorkerCoops #WorkerOwnership

[ Special Edition! ] Cooperate, or Perish Join us as we discuss what makes Manzanita Interactive different as a worker-owned and operated cooperative game studio. store.steampowered.com/news/app/358... #gamedev

Songtradr has fired all the engineers at Bandcamp and while they say they are focusing resources on that beloved platform, we don’t know what is going to happen. I am worried. Now is the time to support member-owned cooperative music distribution platforms like @Subvert.fm

In an industry plagued by low wages and high turnover, this childcare company is trying something different. “Whatever your position is here,” said Tijuana Jackson, a lead teacher, “because we’re an employee-owned company, you also have a voice in the direction of the company. That’s what I love.”

A meta-analysis of 56 studies finds that profit sharing is positively related with productivity on average. This relationship is evidently six times stronger for cooperatives (0.253) than for non-cooperative firms (0.043). The relationship is also stronger where unionisation is higher.

Studies indicate that worker ownership is generally linked to better productivity, pay, job stability, and firm survival. Worker ownership also supports a more sustainable distribution of wealth, with the potential to significantly decrease inequality. wol.iza.org/articles/doe...

The LGBTQ+ community is a powerful force in the democratic economy and should be recognized. They are forging a more inclusive and livable economy for their communities, contributing to a system that works for working people. In a 2025 report, 42% of worker co-ops identified as being LGBTQ+-led.

Taxing billionaires alone does not abolish the system that allows them to exist. The economic structures that concentrate wealth and power remain intact. The implementation of a democratic economic system—one where becoming a billionaire is structurally impossible—is absolutely necessary.

Marginalized communities often turn to cooperative economics to resist the system that prioritizes profit for the few. Throughout U.S. history, Black communities have established cooperatives, worker-owned enterprises, and mutual aid networks as a means of pursuing economic self-determination.

Canada has recently made its tax incentive for employee ownership trusts permanent. This supports the creation of worker-owned businesses in the country and contributes to an economic system where wealth stays with the workers and their communities rather than extracted by billionaires.

Capital does not disappear or become inert when billionaires don't own it. Capital can be owned by workers, communities, and the public. Capital can be utilized, directed, and invested democratically. This is rooted in what is called economic democracy.

Cooperatives and labor unions can work together to form a more democratic economy. Abundance Food Co-op (Rochester, New York) is a unionized community-owned cooperative. It's a business where both the community and the workers have a voice.

Worker-owned cooperatives prove that the people can own the economy, making society more equitable, inclusive, and free for everyone. Support worker co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/

We’re live. Two years ago, we released a plan. Today, our collectively owned music platform is open. Explore. Support artists directly. Join the co-op. It’s only the beginning. Sincerely Ours, Subvert

This is the co-op's website: www.wasatch.coop Cooperatives are more resilient than traditional companies, in and out of a recession. Supporting co-ops strengthens democracy and fosters an economy where wealth and power are shared.

Salt Lake City's first cooperative grocery store opens May 20. The grocery is owned by the community it serves, which means profits are to be reinvested to make prices more affordable for those who shop there. It also means the community democratically elects the board members of the co-op.

Cooperatives in Palestine have a long history of promoting socio-economic development. In Palestine, co-ops are involved in water distribution, agriculture, housing, electricity, and more. The conflict with Israel has resulted in substantial damage to many of the cooperatives. #FreePalestine

"Billionaires are necessary for job creation" is a lie. Worker-owned businesses employ tens of millions of people. They offer better compensation to employees and protect jobs better in and out of recessions compared to traditional companies.

Support businesses that are directly owned by the people who work in them. Worker co-ops empower workers with ownership and democratic control, and the profits go to them. #MayDay #LabourDay #InternationalWorkersDay

If 30% of all businesses were worker-owned, the net wealth of Black households would more than *quadruple* from $24k to over $106k. Black households have roughly 15 cents for every dollar in wealth that white households have. Worker ownership can help address the gap.

@weareravenous.com is a worker co-op!

In some businesses, the employees have the power to elect their managers, they have a say in what they're paid, and they earn a share of the profits. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone had the choice of working in such businesses?

The owner of this business decided to transition it into a worker-owned cooperative. Now, rather than the profits only going to him, the workers receive a share of the profits on top of their wages. They also get a say in business operations.

In a 1991 documentary that Trump suppressed, Christopher Reeve comments on Donald Trump: "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥."

Superman's first appearance was on this day in 1938. Happy Superman Day!

Economic democracy is a necessary component of a free society. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴.

In Japan, community-owned health co-ops serve millions of people. They own hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and dentist offices, providing affordable care to the poor and elderly. Co-op members perform basic health checks on one another with the guidance of doctors, emphasizing preventable care.

𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘰-𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 26% 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦.

Being pro-democracy shouldn't end at the workplace. Support democratic businesses to fight for a world that grants everyone a voice in the decisions that affect them. Worker Co-ops: www.usworker.coop/directory/ Food Co-ops: grocerystory.coop/food-co-op-d...

There's a common misconception that worker-owned businesses are less productive and fail more often than traditional companies. In reality, the opposite is true. Decades of empirical research show us that worker-owned businesses tend to be more productive and resilient. Studies linked below.

More businesses are becoming worker-owned. Co-ops offer an alternative where workers have ownership and control over the fruits of their labor and share in the profits. The average U.S. worker co-op maintains a 2:1 pay ratio, offering a pathway to addressing inequality and billionaire influence.

And just as important, the members of a worker cooperative are co-owners, so the profits that would usually go to an owner, or to management and stockholders, go to the employees instead.

Worker cooperatives are growing. As democratic workplaces, they offer an alternative form of organization where each worker has one vote. If you are pro-democracy, remember to support democracy in our economy. Combat the concentration of wealth and power by supporting democratic businesses.

Hello, world! We are starting a worker cooperative to build, maintain, teach, and support open source scientific imaging software. image.coop/blog/posts/2...

A worker-owned media outlet reports on a worker-owned bicycle shop.

A cafe was put up for sale immediately after its baristas unionized, so they bought it, transitioning it into a worker-owned cooperative. Five years later, White Electric Coffee Co-op remains open as a democratic workplace, granting its workers a voice in the decisions that shape their daily lives.

Cooperatives are widely supported in the United States. New data shows the same is true in Canada. People value the ability of co-ops to weather economic recessions better than other types of businesses, as well as their democratic and inclusive nature. abacusdata.ca/canadians-wa...

This bike shop reopened as a worker-owned cooperative in Brooklyn, New York City. Now its workers own the store and have direct control over their schedule, compensation, and working conditions. This kind of freedom is possible for every working person. It's called economic democracy, and it works.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. Community ownership over housing, business, and banking is the pathway towards a society where everyone can earn a thriving wage and live with dignity.

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*We must continue the fight to get big money out of existence.

Wage theft is the largest form of theft in the United States. Billions are stolen from working people every year, and most of it is never recovered. Workplace democracy is necessary to address this systemic issue and to create an economy accountable to the people.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #BlackHistoryMonth

Economic democracy is the path forward. Support the growing number of democratic and worker-owned media organizations for a future where democracy isn't just a slogan.

Want to know more about journalism co-ops like us? We're featured in this article from @niemanlab.org alongside some of the worker-owned news greats like @defector.com, @hellgatenyc.com, @coyotemedia.org, @sequencermag.bsky.social and @aftermath.site.

@usworker.coop's State of the Sector reports on the democratic and worker-owned economy in 2025. The report showcases a prevalence of diversity and inclusivity in the workforce and in leadership. Workplace democracy is actively empowering the marginalized with a voice in our economy.

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky