{"id":2431,"date":"2015-03-10T18:34:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T22:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2015-03-10T18:34:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T22:34:05","slug":"from-drivers-to-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/from-drivers-to-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"From Drivers to Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tiendataxistas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tiendataxistas.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi Cooperative Nicaragua\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tiendataxistas.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tiendataxistas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tiendataxistas-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Struggling to make ends meet on their meager income, a group of twelve Nicaraguan taxi drivers began to find ways to supplement their income. With their experience in the industry, the\u00a0entrepreneurs saw a need they could fill and decided to form their own cooperative business:\u00a0Triunfadores Unidos Solidarios.\u00a0The drivers&#8217; goal was to supplement their primary income\u00a0by offering goods and services related to their industry.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, they opened a carwash business and have had success in building up a strong clientele base. With the carwash running smoothly and their sights set on expanding the business, they came to TWW\u2019s La Base branch in Nicaragua for support. Currently, The Working World is providing two simultaneous loans for this project: a line of credit to purchase car parts and accessories and a loan for the construction of a warehouse to store these products. The worker-owners have built the warehouse, purchased their first round of car parts and accessories, and the store is now open for business!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling to make ends meet on their meager income, a group of twelve Nicaraguan taxi drivers began to find ways to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions\/2444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}