How Baltimore became a rising star in America's worker cooperative movement

How Baltimore became a rising star in America's worker cooperative movement

On a sweltering August afternoon at Red Emma’s, the anarchist bookstore, cafe, and community organizing space in Baltimore’s Waverly neighborhood, something that would have seemed impossible two decades ago was underway: the first-ever national convening of worker cooperative restaurants. Over two days, 100 worker-owners from more than 30 cafes, pizzerias, bars, breweries, and coffee shops from across the country had descended on Baltimore for a…