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First at Gaiahost, which has since gone out of business. Now at gandi.net.

As of now we're only U.S. based, unfortunately. Adding international members adds a lot of complications that we don't have the scale to deal with.

No, it deliberately stays fixed to reduce barriers to entry for new member-owners.

We are about to roll out a blog! Check https://sassafras.coop in a month or two...

SamBam nailed it. For us, any large expenses must be approved by consensus of the whole group. For larger coops, they would need approval of a democratically elected and recallable…

We are developing a "thrivable" payscale that rewards each of the following: - relevant prior experience (before joining the coop) - longevity (aka seniority) - dependent care resp…

Heh, you can't sell a worker coop. One of the key defining features is a "de-mutualization" provision in the founding documents. You can only sell your own share, which has, in our…

There are lots of small tech worker coops in the U.S. and Canada. See https://techworker.coop . I co-founded one, Sassafras Tech Collective, in Ann Arbor. It's been an amazing jour…

Worker co-ops usually have provisions in their bylaws to ensure they stay co-oops. This is to guard against the issue you allude to here.

Join or start a tech worker co-op! First, one of the best ways to do social good is to fight capitalism. Just by working at a worker co-op, you're doing this. Many tech co-ops are …

I am working on a web app that is currently open source (MIT) and I would like to keep it that way. To date it's been a hobby thing but I'd like to be able to spend more time on it…

Yet another reason to start or join a worker cooperative. http://techworker.coop