Sun 14 Sep 2014
Workers in Maine Buy Out Their Jobs, Set an Example for the Nation
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Democracy , FinanceNo Comments
On remote Deer Isle, Maine, the movement for a more just and democratic economy won a major victory this summer. More than 60 employees of three retail businesses – Burnt Cove Market, V&S Variety and Pharmacy, and The Galley – banded together to buy the stores and create the largest worker cooperative in Maine and the second largest in New England (more…)