PRESS RELEASE: Worker-owned Construction Co-op Builds Alternative to Coal

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Earthworker Construction Co-operative are crowdfunding to create alternative employment in coal-reliant regions and build a network of worker-owned co-ops committed to sustainable enterprise throughout Australia.
The Melbourne-based co-operative will initially offer 100 percent union plumbing, carpentry, and labour services. They aim to eventually also offer worker-owned construction labour-hire in the commercial sector as well as scale up to provide eco-friendly home construction and renovation.
Earthworkers pilot project was the establishment of the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative, formerly Eureka’s Future, located in the LaTrobe Valley. It is Australia’s first worker-owned factory, making renewable energy appliances and components.
The Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative is “part of ensuring a just transition for communities affected by the move from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy”.
On their website, the Earthworker Construction Co-operative states: “We believe…the problems of climate change, job insecurity and growing inequality must be tackled simultaneously through greater grassroots economic ownership.”
With a plan to crowdfund, they have joined forces with sister co-ops Redgum Cleaning, Earthworker Energy, Co-power, Hope Co-op, and Earthworker Smart Energy with a mycause fundraising page.
Page creator, Zane Alcorn, put the page live in June. With just 22 donations, the group has already fundraised almost $4,000 and are targeting $10,000. Funds raised will go towards accounting processes and equipment to get started.
The groups also aim to create alternative employment pathways for “communities facing structural disadvantage and discrimmination”. The Earthworker Cooperative vision is for “dignified jobs, local community empowerment, and a healthy environment.”
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https://mycau.se/earthworker-construction-co-op
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August 3, 2022/by Reland Pigte

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