Democracy at Work Competitors

Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) is a nationally recognized, worker-owned home care agency in the Bronx. CHCA was founded in 1985 to provide quality home care to clients by providing quality jobs for direct-care workers. CHCA started with 12 home health aides. The cooperative now employs more than 2,000 staff. Together with PHI, a nonprofit founded by CHCA in 1992, CHCA maintains an employer-based workforce development program that provides free training for over 600 low-income and unemployed women annually and serves as a significant driver of employment in the Bronx

The National Domestic Workers Alliance (www.domesticworkers.org, NDWA) organizes domestic workers in the United States for respect, recognition and labor standards. We work to guarantee labor protections for domestic workers by winning legislation at the state level, pushing for regulatory changes at the national level, through the International Labor Organization at the global level, and elevating domestic workers as key leaders in building a powerful movement for social and global justice. The Alliance formed in 2007 at the US Social Forum and currently represents 60+ affiliates across the country. NDWA has offices in New York City, Washington, DC, Durham, NC, Chicago, IL, Oakland, CA, and Atlanta, GA Facebook: www.facebook.com/nationaldomesticworkersalliance Twitter: www.twitter.com/domesticworkers

Project Equity is a national leader in the movement to harness the power of employee ownership to provide business owners with an accessible succession plan, preserve legacy businesses, strengthen local economies, and increase wealth among workers. Project Equity works with partners around the country to raise awareness about employee ownership as an exit strategy and provides hands-on consulting and capital in addition to offering accredited continuing education for business advisors. Learn more at Project-Equity.org.