RI Monthly – The Story Behind White Electric Coffee’s Move to a Cooperative Model (2021-07)
From the company
- http://whiteelectriccoffee.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/whiteelectriccoffee/
- Gofundme – Help Make a Worker Co-op Cafe in Providence! (2020)
2022
- Yes – The Café That’s Upending Capitalism (2022-08)
- Brown Daily Herald – Downtown businesses detail experiences during the pandemic (2022-03)
- PBS – White Electric (2022-02)
2021
- WBNA – Local Business Spotlight: White Electric (2021-10)
- USFWC – Union Co-ops Council Call (2021-08)
- RI Monthly – The Story Behind White Electric Coffee’s Move to a Cooperative Model (2021-07)
- Local Return – Community Conversation with Chloe Chassing (2021-05)
- Motif – Do You Take Democracy With Your Coffee (2021-05)
- Boston Globe – White Electric reopens as Rhode Island’s only cooperatively run coffee shop (2021-05)
- In These Times – When These Workers Unionized, Their Cafe Was Put Up for Sale—So They Bought It (2021-05)
- Providence Journal – White Electric coffee purchased by worker-owned cooperative (2021-04)
- Uprise RI – CUPS organizing story: From unionization to worker-owned co-op café (2021-03)
2020
Worker Cooperatives in Coffee
| Image | Cooperative | State | Cooperative Since |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dean’s Beans | Massachusetts | 2023 |
 | Just Coffee Cooperative | Wisconsin | 2006 |
 | Rock City Coffee | Maine | 2018 |
 | Old Louisville Coffee Co-op | Kentucky | 2022 |
 | Phoenix Coffee | Ohio | 2020 |
 | Gimme Coffee | New York | 2022 |
 | Cafe Euphoria | New York | 2022 |
 | White Electric Coffee | Rhode Island | 2021 |
 | Seward Community Cafe | Minnesota | 1974 |
 | Equal Exchange | Massachusetts | 1986 |
 | Morning Bell Coffee Roasters | Iowa | 2022 |
 | Slow Bloom Coffee Cooperative | California | 2021 |
Worker Cooperatives in Rhode Island
| Image | Cooperative | State | Cooperative Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Electric Coffee | Rhode Island | 2021 |
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