The local movement of worker cooperatives, supported by the City Council, has increasingly caught the imagination of workers and organizers. What is the potential and what are the limitations of worker co-ops in building a movement for economic and social justice? To what extent does the co-op model enable working people to create secure jobs with decent pay and dignity, and, in doing so, begin to envision a new economy? What is the nature of organized labor’s role in this new movement?
Speakers:
Amy B. Dean, Editorial Board Member, New Labor Forum; Fellow, The Century Foundation; Co-author, A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement
Roger Green, Director, Dubois-Bunche Center on Public Policy, Medgar Evers College; collaborating on a conversion of hospitals to cooperative ownership models
Adria Powell, Executive Vice President, Cooperative Home Care Associates
Melissa Risser, Attorney, Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project; co-founder of 1worker1vote.org
When: Friday, December 4th, 2015 at 8:30am - 10:30am
Where: The Murphy Institute, 25 West 43rd St, 18th Floor
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