The pandemic wiped out 70% of their business, but Baltimore’s Taharka Bros’ worker-owners successfully pivoted to delivery, saving their company and offering insight into how co-ops were able to weather COVID-19.
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This is what people don't understand. When you pay someone a shit wage with shit benefits you get a shit employee. Give that employee similar pay and benefits, but make them owners of the company, and you get an employee who cares about the business.
Yaaaaaassssss!!!!!!!!!
Great story.
Excellent video! … Geeezz, just watching this and some of the flavours of ice cream, and the creativity they put in to making the flavours made me want to eat some (unfortunately I live in Dallas). But concerning this employee ownership thing, I have always supported employee ownership business. This also gives employees incentive to allow their entrepreneurial mind and creativity expand, it is a plus for employees to share in the pie (in this case, ice cream {:-). Do we realize that back around 1960, CEO pay (for big businesses) was like about less than 25xtimes the pay of an average worker, and today, it's like 320xtimes the pay of an average worker? … and how flat wages have been becoming across the board? … being that, as the financial economy/markets grows healthy, the real economies that our communities thrive on has been weakening … 2 Thumbs up to Taharka Bros Co! Hopefully they can even expand more, so that other cities can enjoy their hand crafted ice creams!
Seed Commons I have heard of. No fly-by-night organisation there. They know what they are doing!
https://youtu.be/KUnctVvxouE
Co-ops ought to be the norm.
Thank you! Been waiting to hear something positive coming out of my hometown!
Let's see if MSM picks up this story. What you guys think? Yea probably not. Doesn't fit their divide and conquer narrative.
Very good ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👌 story
Cool story. If it's socialism and it stands on its own in the marketplace…it's capitalism.
Inspiring! Best wishes for you in Baltimore from the Southwest!
Freedom is not the childish notion that most Americans have.
Freedom is a participation in power.
Worker coops are great. Workplace democracy vs workplace tyranny.
That’s so awesome.
Great story. Thanks. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘✊â¤ðŸ™
Fake emergency ruining our real lives.
Whoever is Reading this:
Your skin isn't a paper don't cut it
Your body isn't a book don't judge it
Your heart isn't a door don't lock it
Your life isn't a movie don't end it it
Your brain isn’t a computer don’t run it
You're beautiful
Be you.. Stay safe
(by the way I’m also a small youtuber looking for your support plz)
I didn't create this quote…Just wanna spread positivityâ£ï¸