SHIFT CHANGE: PUTTING DEMOCRACY TO WORK tells the little known stories of employee-owned businesses that compete successfully in today's economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces. With the long decline in US manufacturing and today's economic crisis, millions have been thrown out of work, and many are losing their homes. The usual economic solutions are not working, so some citizens and public officials are ready to think outside of the box, to reinvent our failing economy in order to restore long term community stability and a more egalitarian way of life. There is growing...

• Ages: SrH-Adult      Running Time: 69 mins
• Producer: Bullfrog Films
• Subjects: Activism, American Studies, Business Studies, Community, Economics, Human Rights, Sociology, Sustainability