worker co-ops
OGR 2012: Mandi Creveling's happy accident
by (marybrown)
Submitted 03-20-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
The Occupy Grand Rapids movement that began in October of 2011 has many different faces and stories. One of those faces is Mandi Creveling, a 24 year old GRCC student who has been with the movement since the beginning, although she sort of happened...
Bartertown Almost Ready for Business
by (jon_dunn)
Submitted 03-01-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Have you seen Michael Moore's film, Capitalism: A Love Story? If you have, then you may already know the idea of a worker cooperative. Simply put, it's each employee owning a stake in the business. Numbers from the US Federation of...