Immigrant Economies and New York City’s Garment Industry: Challenges for Community Development
By Tarry Hum Despite its dramatic and continued decline, apparel production remains the largest manufacturing industry in New York City. It..
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The Organization of Progressive PlanningMay/June 1999
May/June 1999 Labor and Community
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The Uncertain Future Of Worker Ownership: Two Decades Of Lessons
By Len Krimerman Worker-owned enterprises, sometimes called “worker cooperatives,” have a long history, even in the United..
Employee Stock Ownership — ESOPS
By Corey Rosen If you’ve worn Gore-Tex lately or flown on United Airlines, you’ve patronized a company most of whose stock is..
Worker Coops
By Chitra Somayaji Cooperatives come in several types: producer-owned, consumer-owned, and worker-owned, the last being our focus here...
Organizing A Childcare Union In Philadelphia
By Peter Pitegoff “What an awesome gathering!” Kim Cook, a union organizer from Seattle, smiled as she looked around the..
Which Labor, Which Community?
On May 12, the largest union demonstration in years hit New York City streets. Workers from the public sector, services, and construction..
