I'm wondering what's involved in setting up a worker-run cooperative and keeping it running; who here as experience working in such a cooperative?

What were you doing? How did it go? Did it pull in enough money to pay the bills? What were the conflicts in organizing it? Do you still work there? What were the major challenges? Was anything surprising about the process of it all?

Boosts very appreciated!

#Cooperative #WorkerCooperative #Work #Socialism

I wanted to share some worker cooperative content I've been writing over the past months. Basically a reflection of how being in a democratic organization has helped me reflect on past work experiences.

https://joelleichty.com/2025/10/13/starting-a-worker-cooperative-from-scratch-three-years-later/

(If you want to interact with me you can easily find my email. Unfortunately I can't handle a barrage of political news, so I stay away from social media. So I guess this is asocial media?)

#workercoop #workercooperative

Great webinar on preparing #taxes for #WorkerCooperative LLCs, with both English and Spanish audio:

English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N61LjQ_nXb8

Español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sb3dTPcvgg

https://metu.uk/a-factory-occupation-like-no-other-workers-control-happening-in-real-time/

https://insorgiamo.org/

Video by Reel News about GKN auto parts factory in Florence Occupation by workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_RyEOG_K0

#Florence #workerscontrol #Insorgiamo #workercooperative #ReelNews

We need to have a lot more discussion about a longer term path towards becoming a worker cooperative. And providing support to get there.

There are details around financing, legal structure, startup vs existing, decision making, and more that have to get solved. This stuff takes time and in some cases a certain scale.

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