Our worker-owned cafe collective started with six friends who all had similar politics, but as we've hired more people the conversations about wages and profit-sharing have gotten more complicated because not everyone shares our anti-capitalist framework. We want to stay true to our values but we also want to be inclusive of people who just want a good job.
More people experience this than they realize.
Growth is forcing the group to examine whether shared politics are necessary for shared ownership.
“Where Are You with Labor rights and worker justice?”
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