- Island Ad-vantages – IEC resets after approved bankruptcy exit (2022)
- Island Ad-vantages – IEC celebrates five years of employee ownership (2019)
From the company
2022
2021
- Island Ad-vantages – Island Employee Cooperative files for bankruptcy protection, stores will continue to operate as usual (2021)
- Ellsworth American – Island Employee Cooperative looks to restructure debt (2021)
2019
2018
2017
- Co-opLaw.org – Legal Case Study: Island Employee Cooperative (2017)
- Project Equity – Island Employee Cooperative (2017)
2016
2015
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Retail Co-op: Maine Islanders Band Together to Preserve a Way of Life (2015)
- National Development Council – Creative Financing: Island Employee Cooperative (2015)
- Island Institute – Going coop employee ownership sustains business legacy (2015)
- Central Maine – Augusta conference tracks conversion of business to worker-owned cooperative (2015)
2014
- CDI – Island Community in Maine Creates Worker-Owned Cooperative to Retain Local Businesses and Jobs (2014)
- CEI – Collaborative Financing for Small Business Ownership (2014)
- Pacific Standard – Buying Out Your Boss: Worker Cooperatives Are The Future Of Small Business (2014)
- Yes – Workers in Maine Buy Out Their Jobs, Set an Example for the Nation (2014)
- Nationswell – When These Maine Businesses Went Up for Sale, Their Employees Said ‘We’ll Buy’ (2014)
- Democracy Collaborative – Small Island, Big Cooperative (2014)
- Bangor Daily News – Stonington employees buy 3 stores, creating largest worker co-op in Maine (2014)
Worker Cooperatives in Grocery
Image | Cooperative | State | Cooperative Since |
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![]() | Island Employee Cooperative | Maine | 2014 |
![]() | Rainbow Grocery Cooperative | California | 1975 |
![]() | Other Avenues | California | 1975 |
Worker Cooperatives in Maine
Image | Cooperative | State | Cooperative Since |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Liberty Graphics | Maine | 2021 |
![]() | Rock City Coffee | Maine | 2018 |
![]() | Island Employee Cooperative | Maine | 2014 |
Maine Camp Oufitters | Maine | 2022 |
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