After the #EtsyStrike, Crafting a Co-op Alternative

Artisans Cooperative Interview Talks About the Historic “Strike-to-Cooperative Transition”

Valerie Schafer Franklin
Creators Rising
Published in
8 min readJun 6, 2023

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Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash

Originally published on the Tech Workers Coalition Newsletter. Introduction by the TWC:

Today we hear from Valerie, a leather crafter and Etsy seller based in Oregon. After excitement around the 2022…

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Valerie Schafer Franklin
Creators Rising

Building Artisans Cooperative (https://artisans.coop), running a family craft business (walnutstudiolo.com) and writing for fun about food.