Guest Blog Post for Solid State: Why We Built The Cleaning Cooperative as a Worker-Owned Business
In 2022, three women sat at a kitchen table, and asked a radical question: “What if cleaning work could be dignified, empowering and even liberating?” What followed was The Cleaning Cooperative (TCC): a worker-owned cleaning co-op built by and for women facing barriers due to racism and discrimination.
Read the full post on Solid State’s blog.
Inside The Cleaning Coop: What It Means to Be a Worker-Owned Co-op
When most people think of a cleaning company, they picture something pretty standard: employees working under a manager, decisions made from the top down, and profits going to the business owner. At The Cleaning Cooperative (TCC), we decided to do things differently. We built a worker-owned co-op, and that changes everything. Wondering what that is? Read on.
Building a Solidarity Economy - One Cooperative (and One Clean Space) at a Time
Based in Surrey, BC, and working nationally and internationally, Solid State Community Industries is building a solidarity economy by and for racialized and migrant communities based on mutual aid, racial justice, and community-building. As a hub for co-ops, collaborators, and community programs, Solid State’s physical space is essential to its work but finding a values-aligned cleaning company was a challenge - until TCC.
Driving Change, Cleaning with Purpose: The Vancouver Co-ops Shaping a Better Tomorrow
While a growing fleet benefited their members, Modo was finding it difficult to meet their need for comprehensive vehicle cleanliness and maintenance. Faced with the challenge of maintaining a pristine fleet across Vancouver, Modo turned to The Cleaning Co-op for their ethical and thorough cleaning services.
Guest Blog Post for Modo: Putting People Over Profit
The cleaning industry can be a dirty business, where exploitation is all too common. The Vancouver Cleaning Cooperative is disrupting the cleaning industry by sweeping away the exploitation of janitorial workers who are often racialized women working in terrible conditions.
Read the full post on Modo’s blog.