Save jobs by putting finance back into the hands of the people.

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Nov 28, 2012

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Join the Working World's campaign to save factories across North America by lending to workers who are fighting to recover their jobs.

New Era was a battle in which workers stood up against all odds and fought for their dignity. But there is still a long way to go. Support them. And support workers around the country who want to join in this struggle.
Donate, and your dollars will go to a fund that will help workers buy out their factories and save their jobs. Together we can do many more factories over the course of next year, but we need your help!

1. Donate to help us build worker cooperatives around the country! http://www.causes.com/causes/785629-the-working-world/actions/1707047
2. Share this campaign with friends!
3. Tweet about us and tell our story! http://www.thenation.com/blog/168416/chicago-workers-economic-plan-go-co-operative
4. Contact us if you are interested in investing in our fund for worker cooperatives! http://www.theworkingworld.org/us/contact-us/

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Posted by Steve Wong (Campaign Leader) on Dec 10, 2012

A week and a half into the campaign, we've received over 60 pledges and raised almost $1,500 towards our goal of raising $20,000 to grow our movement of community finance (http://bit.ly/VeSdZq ). Though it might not seem like a lot, the support we received has been incredible. Please invite your friends to take the pledge and help us grow the movement for community finance.
Our concept—our model of non-extractive finance—is still so new to the world. To see supporters like you committed to...
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A week and a half into the campaign, we've received over 60 pledges and raised almost $1,500 towards our goal of raising $20,000 to grow our movement of community finance (http://bit.ly/VeSdZq ). Though it might not seem like a lot, the support we received has been incredible. Please invite your friends to take the pledge and help us grow the movement for community finance.
Our concept—our model of non-extractive finance—is still so new to the world. To see supporters like you committed to taking our model of finance and bringing it to scale is simply spectacular. We can feel the movement for more sustainable forms of finance building.
In fact, our founder Brendan Martin was just featured in Barron's magazine. You can see the article here: http://bit.ly/RHHgV3. Since then, social investors and impact investors have contacted us, committed to investing in our loan fund to finance our projects next year. We wanted to share the great recognition we've gotten with you!
You have the chance to grow the movement to make community finance something that's accessible to everyone. Please, invite your friends to join the movement and take the pledge. Together, we decide what the future of our economy looks like.
Just hit the Invite Friends button under the campaign title and invite 50 of your friends to take the pledge to support community finance. If just half of your friends take the pledge, we can reach our goal in a matter of days!

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