It feels fitting and yes, admittedly somewhat contrived, that our birthday falls on May 1st. It’s a moment when people around the world celebrate the power of collective action and the achievements of workers everywhere.
This year, our anniversary feels even more special. We’ve had our share of triumphs and certainly challenges, but nine years in (which is a long time in internet years!) we’re still here.
2025 has been named the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives, with the theme “Co-operatives Build a Better World.” The global co-operative movement deserves this spotlight, showing how co-ops like ours are making a difference by putting people and planet before profit.
At We Are Open, we believe in doing business differently. We’re a worker-owned co-op, which means we make decisions together, share responsibility, and support each other to do meaningful work. Over the past nine years, we’ve learned (and re-learned!) that openness, collaboration, and trust are at the heart of what makes co-ops so important.
So today, we’ll down tools and raise a glass to our members, clients, friends, comrades in CoTech and workers.coop and the wider co-op community. Thanks for being part of our journey so far.
Solidarity and celebration from all of us at We Are Open! If you’d like to wish us happy birthday, or have a problem we may be able to help with, email us without delay at hello@weareopen.coop
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