Green Mountain Worker Co-op Alliance

12/10/2015

Guest Post by Danny Spitzberg. Cross-posted from Medium. Community is a hot commodity. This creates an awkward situation for marketing. Tasked with growing revenue for apps and platforms, marketing adds a community layer without sharing ownership or control with users. But for co-ops — and really, a…

12/10/2015

Great times tonight down in Randolph, thanks everyone who came out and Catamount Solar for hosting and picking up the tab! Looking forward to the next coop get together!!

11/10/2015

"We realized that we are not alone in longing for an Internet where people share collective ownership, not just cute cat memes, where people can co-create bonds of solidarity rather than just blindly agreeing to corporate terms of service."

Ahead of the Platform Cooperativism conference, Nathan Schneider & Trebor Scholz on an internet economy grounded in solidarity and cooperation.

10/23/2015

Way to go folks! "Vermont is a leader in developing cooperative enterprises..."

Faced with mounting economic and environmental crises driven by unrestrained capitalism, many people around the world are turning to cooperative enterprise as an answer to social ills. In America, 130 million are members of some kind of cooperative and 13 million work in an employeeowned company.

10/21/2015

Kinda cool bit of worker coop history... "The Gung Ho Movement went on to become the largest worker cooperative network in the world at the time. By 1940, 250,000 people earned their livelihood from the cooperatives. They played a major role in liberating much of China but the cooperatives went out of favor after the Communists took power."

By David J. Thompson In 1943, Hollywood leapt at the opportunity to glorify the Marines’ Carlson’s Raiders stealth attack on the Japanese in the Pacific with the blockbuster film titled “Gung Ho!” ...

07/28/2015

A big Thanks again for the hospitality and the delicious food to all the Diggers! This year the weather really worked out, no rain and a gentle breeze kept the bugs away. It was great to see folks connecting and having really engaging conversations about their Co-ops!

06/10/2015

Our truck burned down! We had a sudden electrical fire on May 31. We are grateful that nobody was hurt, that the fire didn't happen on a busy road, and that the Burlington Fire Department reacted as quickly as they did so as to avoid an explosion. But we lost the truck. The truck was our favorit...

11/13/2014

Check out this cool article on a new worker coop in Maine!

The creation of the Island Employee Cooperative isn’t just significant for its members—it also has value as a model for advancing economic democracy.

11/04/2014

Another pic from the retreat this weekends. Good times and a great group of cooperators!

11/04/2014

We had a successful weekend retreat with our worker cooperative alliance and partners. Good things to come!

The Green Mountain Worker Co-op Alliance and guests hard at work this afternoon...

10/23/2014

Check out this GMWCA member's recent blog post celebrating cooperation and team work.

October is one of my favorite months of the year. In Vermont, where Webskillet is based, it happens to be one of the prettiest times of the year, with fall foliage at its peak. It’s also a time we start packing away the summer clothes, bring out the winter gear and prepare to get cozy for the mont…