We’re Hiring!
Applications have closed for this position. About the position: Boston Center for Community Ownership is hiring a Co-op Organizer to provide hands-on business support to worker-owned cooperatives and other small businesses in our region. We are looking for someone with language fluency and authentic cultural competencies relevant to the communities we serve, who has practical […]
Winter Social January 31, 2022
Hello again, fellow co-operators, hope you all had a warm and wonderful holiday and are having a great 2023 so far! We, GBCC and USFWC Boston, would love to see you and any of your friends who are interested in co-ops at Democracy Brewing from 6:30-8:30 PM on Tuesday, January 31st for a social. We’re planning […]
Estamos contratando!
Boston Center for Community Ownership is hiring a Co-op Organizer to provide hands-on business support to worker-owned cooperatives and other small businesses in our region. We are looking for someone with Spanish language fluency and authentic cultural competencies relevant to the communities we serve, who has practical experience working in small businesses as an entrepreneur […]
Co-op Cookout June 26, 2022
UPDATE: DIRECTIONS TO HOUGHTON’S POND: We are using Picnic Area 5, which is on the West side of Houghton’s Pond, off Blue Hill River Rd. USE THIS LINK for GPS directions to the nearest parking lot. If this lot is full, try looking for spaces along Blue Hill River Rd along the South side of the pond. The […]
Apply Now for Green Infrastructure Co-op
Click here to apply Boston Center for Community ownership is partnering with Codman Square NDC, with support from the City of Boston, to launch a new worker-owned cooperative, designed to provide opportunities for immigrant workers. The program will build on CSNDC’s training program in Green Infrastructure – an emerging field of work that aims to divert […]
Upcoming workshops on cooperative business
The City of Boston has launched a Worker Cooperative Initiative in concert with Mayor Walsh’s efforts to expand support for small businesses and entrepreneurs, and create opportunities for economic mobility for every Bostonian. You will learn about selling businesses to employees, different types of employee ownership, and improving business by engaging workers from the Local […]
Boston City Council Hearing on Cooperatives
We’re very excited that the City of Boston, from the Mayor’s office to the City Council, is getting fired up about cooperatives. Today is the City Council’s hearing on co-ops, and we will be there giving testimony on the economic impact of cooperatives to our city. If you’d like to read more, check out our new […]
Worker-Owned Cooperatives Are Larger Than Conventional Firms
In “What Do We Really Know About Worker Co-operatives?“, Virginie Pérotin writes, “Perhaps the most common received idea about worker co-operatives is that they must be small. It is often thought worker co-operatives must be financially constrained, and a small size is sometimes regarded as a condition for workplace democracy to function… People will also commonly remark […]