After working for six months, baristas are eligible to petition to be on the “worker-owner track” at Equal Exchange. Once worker-owner track, they are eligible to receive benefits and they are also on the path to become an owner of the organization; the process is the same as it would be for any other full-time employee at our Equal Exchange. Bringing ownership to the café setting has definitely come with some challenges, but we're learning more about how to do it each day.
Our Cafés
We love being able to serve up our fairly traded coffees and cocoas for customers and directly engage around where they come from in a meaningful way.