Hotel passes to worker ownership
A historic Rapid City hotel joins Ramkota employee ownership. The establishment, with a long history in Rapid City, South Dakota (USA), becomes part of Ramkota's employee ownership program, a hospitality company. The measure expands the participatory model in the sector and ensures the hotel's continuity under worker management
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/a099951993ff7adb0c672e4f
A historic Rapid City hotel joins Ramkota employee ownership. The establishment, with a long history in Rapid City, South Dakota (USA), becomes part of Ramkota's employee ownership program, a hospitality company. The measure expands the participatory model in the sector and ensures the hotel's continuity under worker management
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/a099951993ff7adb0c672e4f
GSD shares its model with Ibero-American co-ops
The associated work cooperative Gredos San Diego (GSD), based in Madrid, Spain, has shared its educational and business model with cooperatives from five Ibero-American countries and in an international cooperation initiative that seeks to transfer good practices of participatory management and sustainability
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/9fe9c4030b309ac33e2e9e98
The associated work cooperative Gredos San Diego (GSD), based in Madrid, Spain, has shared its educational and business model with cooperatives from five Ibero-American countries and in an international cooperation initiative that seeks to transfer good practices of participatory management and sustainability
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/9fe9c4030b309ac33e2e9e98
The best owners of Kentucky businesses are already working there
An opinion article in Kentucky, United States, argues that employees are the most suitable owners for local businesses, highlighting how worker ownership can benefit the economy and preserve business legacy
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b7aca21c1af380902a16ac28
An opinion article in Kentucky, United States, argues that employees are the most suitable owners for local businesses, highlighting how worker ownership can benefit the economy and preserve business legacy
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b7aca21c1af380902a16ac28
New Jersey bets on worker ownership
Governor Sherrill signs legislation expanding employee ownership in New Jersey. The measure, announced in the state of New Jersey (USA), seeks to expand worker equity participation models in the so-called Garden State
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/42ac45a186a54fa8859223dd
Governor Sherrill signs legislation expanding employee ownership in New Jersey. The measure, announced in the state of New Jersey (USA), seeks to expand worker equity participation models in the so-called Garden State
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/42ac45a186a54fa8859223dd
US Labor Day
Let's make Labor Day 2026 focus on employee ownership. The article, published by Construction Dive in Washington D.C. (United States), advocates that Labor Day 2026 promote ESOPs in construction so that workers own their companies.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/d806028142b0010e119491d9
Let's make Labor Day 2026 focus on employee ownership. The article, published by Construction Dive in Washington D.C. (United States), advocates that Labor Day 2026 promote ESOPs in construction so that workers own their companies.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/d806028142b0010e119491d9
The governor signs the law establishing the «Employee Ownership Transition Program» in New Jersey
This initiative, promoted by legislators Zwicker and Turner, encourages the purchase of companies by workers through ESOPs and cooperatives, with the aim of preserving jobs and facilitating business succession
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b25fa8d2acb3e6cf74204602
This initiative, promoted by legislators Zwicker and Turner, encourages the purchase of companies by workers through ESOPs and cooperatives, with the aim of preserving jobs and facilitating business succession
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b25fa8d2acb3e6cf74204602
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The governor signs the law establishing the «Employee Ownership Transition Program» in New Jersey
This initiative, promoted by legislators Zwicker and Turner, encourages the purchase of companies by workers through ESOPs and cooperatives, with the aim of preserving jobs and facilitating business succession
Workers create corporate wealth; it's time for them to enjoy it too.
An opinion article published in Cincinnati, USA, argues that employees should share in the profits they generate. The column advocates for worker ownership mechanisms, such as ESOPs, to rebuild the American dream and reduce inequality, giving workers a real stake in companies.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/6039765d0abe1aa2c326b797
An opinion article published in Cincinnati, USA, argues that employees should share in the profits they generate. The column advocates for worker ownership mechanisms, such as ESOPs, to rebuild the American dream and reduce inequality, giving workers a real stake in companies.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/6039765d0abe1aa2c326b797
The hydra and the decadent empire
"The solution is to be the Lernaean Hydra, so that from each cut head two new ones emerge (if they are more, better). The goal is the distributed network, where the fewest possible nodes fall when there is an attack like the one we have seen.
Perhaps seen this way, the closure of A/I is an opportunity to create something new, a network where we are sovereigns of our spaces, where they do not silence us and, above all, as A/I always reminds us, we continue to be human."
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/d2369b87002632397f87b9e8
"The solution is to be the Lernaean Hydra, so that from each cut head two new ones emerge (if they are more, better). The goal is the distributed network, where the fewest possible nodes fall when there is an attack like the one we have seen.
Perhaps seen this way, the closure of A/I is an opportunity to create something new, a network where we are sovereigns of our spaces, where they do not silence us and, above all, as A/I always reminds us, we continue to be human."
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/d2369b87002632397f87b9e8
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Self-employed cooperatives
In Paris, France, the local press highlights the activity and employment cooperative (CAE), which allows young self-employed workers to receive support and the protection of a permanent employment contract (CDI), feeling supported in their dual role as entrepreneurs and employees
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/abc47d4c8517c8ffb3720d26
In Paris, France, the local press highlights the activity and employment cooperative (CAE), which allows young self-employed workers to receive support and the protection of a permanent employment contract (CDI), feeling supported in their dual role as entrepreneurs and employees
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/abc47d4c8517c8ffb3720d26
«If not, unemployment»
In Brittany (France), bakers nearing retirement seek for their workers to take over the business to avoid closure and unemployment. The initiative reflects the need for a process of transferring the company to workers for the entire rural community environment
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/3a133f6021b43886274e5b32
In Brittany (France), bakers nearing retirement seek for their workers to take over the business to avoid closure and unemployment. The initiative reflects the need for a process of transferring the company to workers for the entire rural community environment
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/3a133f6021b43886274e5b32
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«If not, unemployment»
In Brittany (France), bakers nearing retirement seek for their workers to take over the business to avoid closure and unemployment. The initiative reflects the need for a process of transferring the company to workers for the entire rural community environment
Isopeint is reborn as a worker cooperative in Golbey
The French painting company of Golbey resumes its activity under the Scop model (associated worker cooperative), managed by its workers, thus preserving employment and local activity
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c33e1833b35cf56313ee5c11
The French painting company of Golbey resumes its activity under the Scop model (associated worker cooperative), managed by its workers, thus preserving employment and local activity
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c33e1833b35cf56313ee5c11
LELL Grocery: 10 years, a Scop and a network to endure
The LELL grocery store, located in Villeurbanne (Lyon, France), celebrates its tenth anniversary as a Scop, a worker cooperative, betting on a collaboration network to ensure its continuity and sustainability
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/28bdb412b9bd6afc70385d55
The LELL grocery store, located in Villeurbanne (Lyon, France), celebrates its tenth anniversary as a Scop, a worker cooperative, betting on a collaboration network to ensure its continuity and sustainability
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/28bdb412b9bd6afc70385d55
"Collective intelligence exists!": when employees organize as a cooperative to take over their company
In France, faced with the closure of their company, workers unite and create cooperatives to resume activity. Some of them will share their experience at the event «Refaire (ensemble)»
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/08067fc4819c5227b537ebb5
In France, faced with the closure of their company, workers unite and create cooperatives to resume activity. Some of them will share their experience at the event «Refaire (ensemble)»
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/08067fc4819c5227b537ebb5
The Sicle cooperative takes possession of its urban greenhouse on the rooftops of Angers
The Sicle cooperative, specialized in bicycle gardening, has acquired 450 square meters of garden on the rooftop of a building in Angers, France. The project, worth almost one million euros, seeks to boost its urban gardening activity
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b3213ddc6749fa30f38a9124
The Sicle cooperative, specialized in bicycle gardening, has acquired 450 square meters of garden on the rooftop of a building in Angers, France. The project, worth almost one million euros, seeks to boost its urban gardening activity
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/b3213ddc6749fa30f38a9124
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The Sicle cooperative takes possession of its urban greenhouse on the rooftops of Angers
The Sicle cooperative, specialized in bicycle gardening, has acquired 450 square meters of garden on the rooftop of a building in Angers, France. The project, worth almost one million euros, seeks to boost its urban gardening activity
Xi proposes an "open-source AI zone" for BRICS
"China will lead the creation of an "open-source zone for artificial intelligence" for the BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday at a summit of the 11-nation group held in New Delhi. Xi also called for the establishment of a "broad and consensus-based global AI governance framework.""
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/a90fe8ddb95b789da6eeb6e0
"China will lead the creation of an "open-source zone for artificial intelligence" for the BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday at a summit of the 11-nation group held in New Delhi. Xi also called for the establishment of a "broad and consensus-based global AI governance framework.""
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/a90fe8ddb95b789da6eeb6e0
What if the workers saved the brewery?
In Rieti, Italy, a proposal arises for the employees of the Birra del Borgo brewery to organize as a workers' cooperative to take over the company and prevent its disappearance, betting on a model of ownership and management in the hands of the workers
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/3625b6849cc5cd2133ee2d2a
In Rieti, Italy, a proposal arises for the employees of the Birra del Borgo brewery to organize as a workers' cooperative to take over the company and prevent its disappearance, betting on a model of ownership and management in the hands of the workers
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/3625b6849cc5cd2133ee2d2a
Northern Ireland doubles support for employee ownership of companies
In Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), new advisors are joining to support companies that adopt employee ownership. The sector shows a "strong appetite" for this model, which allows workers to participate in the ownership of their companies
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/338bddf7739826c77dd48956
In Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), new advisors are joining to support companies that adopt employee ownership. The sector shows a "strong appetite" for this model, which allows workers to participate in the ownership of their companies
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/338bddf7739826c77dd48956
The militarization of space is already a fact
The United States military has acknowledged for the first time that it has placed weapons in space. There is not much more information, but it is a historic leap... Toward the abyss.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c6e8a0ae51e87485fc7f5ef2
The United States military has acknowledged for the first time that it has placed weapons in space. There is not much more information, but it is a historic leap... Toward the abyss.
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c6e8a0ae51e87485fc7f5ef2
Mailén: the women's cooperative in El Bolsón that transforms Patagonian fruits into work
In El Bolsón, Argentina, three women sustain the Mailén cooperative, created in 2017 to generate work. They make jams with Patagonian fruits, transforming the need for jobs into a collective project
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/1d9df3e978b9bb241b09f915
In El Bolsón, Argentina, three women sustain the Mailén cooperative, created in 2017 to generate work. They make jams with Patagonian fruits, transforming the need for jobs into a collective project
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/1d9df3e978b9bb241b09f915
The ICA is not something far away; in the end, COCETA has a lot to say... and does more damage
Forbes: Coceta renews its representation of Spain on the board of directors of the International Cooperative Alliance. The Confederation of Worker Cooperatives of Spain (Coceta), based in Madrid, Spain, keeps its seat on the board of directors of the International Cooperative Alliance. The decision strengthens the presence of Spanish worker cooperativism on the global stage
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c5fe71426403ee48e65efcd1
Forbes: Coceta renews its representation of Spain on the board of directors of the International Cooperative Alliance. The Confederation of Worker Cooperatives of Spain (Coceta), based in Madrid, Spain, keeps its seat on the board of directors of the International Cooperative Alliance. The decision strengthens the presence of Spanish worker cooperativism on the global stage
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/c5fe71426403ee48e65efcd1
The U.S. House of Representatives passes the historic Retirement Through Ownership Act with broad bipartisan majority
The United States House of Representatives, in Washington D.C., passed the Retirement Through Ownership Act, historic ESOP legislation, with strong bipartisan support. It now heads to the president for his signature and enactment into law
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/73e3f39738b37c3169a1178d
The United States House of Representatives, in Washington D.C., passed the Retirement Through Ownership Act, historic ESOP legislation, with strong bipartisan support. It now heads to the president for his signature and enactment into law
Fediverso: https://maximalism.blog/fediverso/73e3f39738b37c3169a1178d