Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work is a documentary film in progress by veteran award-winning filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin. It tells the little known stories of employee owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces.

On our first filming trip for Shift Change, the production team set out for the San Francisco Bay Area to meet with the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives, TeamWorks Green Gardening Cooperative, Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security and The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives.