#FridayReads: Could a state-owned bank be a more reliable partner for worker co-ops and other cooperatives? nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…

New The Brookings Institution report makes clear that pandemic-era pledges by corporations towards #stakeholdercapitalism have been hollow

"There is renewed interest for voting rights in progressive circles today, spurring momentum for strengthening access to the ballot in Democratic-run states. But that energy has largely stopped at the doors of the workplace." #democratizework boltsmag.org/voting-rights-…

"People who care about creating a fairer and more sustainable market system tend to think about things like “ESG” investing and “stakeholder capitalism”. But what they need to start thinking about is power." ft.com/content/f7f76d…

The evidence is unequivocal: large American companies have shifted their spending from workers to shareholders over the past 60 years -via capitalandmain.com capitalandmain.com/american-pie-c…

As the U.S. surpasses 1 million deaths from COVID, U.S. billionaire wealth has skyrocketed over $1.7 trillion, a 58% increase. This is an indictment of our national priorities.

Fantastic profile of Blue Tin Production Worker Co-op's Hoda Katebi هدی کاتبی, who founded the apparel worker cooperative that is dismantling harmful labor and ecological practices in the fashion sector nytimes.com/2022/05/09/bus…

In contract talks, workers asked why Starbucks was against putting a worker on its board given it brags about having an empty chair at meetings to represent them ("It's real," Schultz has said). Starbucks lawyer said “Haven’t you ever heard of a metaphor?” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

How a majority BIPOC worker co-op is disrupting the field of therapy prismreports.org/2022/05/09/maj…

Could Ownership Works short-term ownership model pave the way for something more radical & transformative? asks Andrea Armeni Transform Finance Democracy Collaborative fiftybyfifty.org/2022/05/andrea…

There are clear contrasts between meaningful employee ownership schemes and a new private-equity coopted initiative, detailed by these authors - Democracy Collaborative fastcompany.com/90753566/is-pr…

"Land trusts and housing cooperatives have already shown that there are viable alternatives to the extractive model of housing investment" but "those who contributed to the crisis are not the best placed to solve it" by Leilani Farha 🍉 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New paper by @lenorepalladino explores how the doctrine of #ShareholderPrimacy has contributed to the substantial and growing US racial wealth inequality journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

"BHR stakeholders in Asia and beyond eagerly awaited the findings of MSI Integrity’s decade-long study of 40 of the most prominent MSIs in the world." Thanks UNDP Business and Human Rights! undp.org/publications/r…

Why focusing on decision makers matters, once again: "only men make up the teams overseeing the maker of the top-selling emergency contraception in the United States... And it’s probably quite profitable: It had a more than 85 percent profit margin" nytimes.com/2022/06/28/bus…

Crisis after crisis, this co-op network in Spain has found a way to keep unemployment and income inequality in check bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @bbgequality

At the intersection of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy lies the undervalued care economy and its largely women of color labor force. Here, Adria Powell shares how worker-owned home care #cooperatives like Cooperative Home Care Associates flip that dynamic on its head.

We're excited to be a part of this year's #FinclusionWeek! Check our Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI)'s exciting agenda, our on-demand session on employee ownership, and register 👉 bit.ly/FIW2022

Our session for Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI)'s #FInclusionWeek is live! See our discussion on employee ownership, fighting inequality, and building an inclusive economy 👉👉bit.ly/3yL2slj

See our very own Amelia Evan on @ABCNews Impact x Nightline on @Hulu discussing the limitations of ethical certification in preventing human rights abuses. #IMPACTonHulu abcn.ws/3Dl2bbv