National Apprenticeship Week Story: Organizing Institute Alum and Workers Bring “Cooperative” Back to Food Front Co-op

Posted by | October 30, 2015 | Uncategorized | No Comments

By webadmin@aflcio.org (Kenneth Quinnell)

Food Front Co-op, a neighborhood grocery store in Portland, Ore., aims to connect the community with producers of regionally grown fresh food. With more than 10,000 member-owners, democratic governance is a stated foundational value of the co-op. For a while, it was a value the workers enjoyed too.

Source: AFL-CIO

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