This past month, cleaning cooperative members Mirta and Maria attended the MadWorC Regional Rendezvous, a conference that brings together worker cooperatives from across the Midwest to share experiences, lessons, and skills.
Highlights included learning about Isthmus Engineering’s tour of Costa Rican cooperatives, where renewable energy and carbon-neutral milestones are central to cooperative work. They also explored how cooperatives turn their institutional values into actionable habits and hold themselves accountable when straying from their mission.
Mirta and Maria toured Isthmus Engineering and connected with other worker-owners and supporters, including Esther West from Shared Capital Cooperative and CoLab Technology Cooperative, who will support the cleaning cooperative’s incubation.
Reflecting on the experience, Maria shared, “There is a whole community there eager to help. Everyone wants us to succeed.”
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