White Electric was established in 2000, and in 2021 transformed into a worker owned co-operative cafe. Read more about our story below.
White Electric Coffee Purchased by Worker-owned Cooperative
by Gail Ciampa, Providence Journal
Do You Take Democracy with Your Coffee?
By Rob Smith, Motif Magazine
White Electric Reopens as Rhode Island’s Only Cooperatively Run Coffee Shop
By Ella Fassler, Boston Globe
CUPS Organizing Story: From Unionization to Worker-owned Cooperative Cafe
By CUPS (Collaborative Union of Providence service-workers), Uprise RI
When these Workers Unionized, their Cafe was put up for sale — So they bought it
By Harry August, In These Times
The Story Behind White Electric Coffee’s Move to a Cooperative Model
By Grace Kelly, Rhode Island Monthly
RI PBS Weekly: video story on White Electric Coffee
By Bill Bartholomew, RI PBS
White Electric workers form coffee co-op after buying out former owners
By Marc Larocque, Providence Business News
BECOME A WORKER-OWNER —