We Clean Your Casa Like It’s Our Casa!
As worker-owned and mother-owned cooperative, we take pride in providing top-notch residential and commercial cleaning services. Our mission is simple: to make your life easier by taking care of your cleaning needs as if they were our own. As mother’s, we know how hectic life can get with children, work, household responsibilities, and other commitments! We are here to lend a helping hand. When you choose Mama Estrella, you’re not just hiring a cleaning service – you’re supporting a business owned and operated by passionate mothers who truly care about your satisfaction. We believe in going above and beyond for our clients, because your happiness is our ultimate measure of success. We are not watching the clock waiting to punch out, we are business owners- and as owners, our success depends on your satisfaction.
What is a Worker-Owned Cooperative business?
A worker cooperative is a values-driven business that puts worker and community benefit at the core of its purpose. The two central characteristics of worker cooperatives are: workers own the business and they participate in its financial success on the basis of their labor contribution to the cooperative.
Mama Estrella’s Principles:
1. Open Membership
Mama Estrella is open to anyone who accepts our Principles.
2. Democratic organisation
A one person, one vote system for election of the cooperative’s governing bodies and for deciding on the most important issues.
3. Sovereignty of Labour
Profit is allocated on the basis of the work contributed by each member in order to achieve this profit.
4. Instrumental and subordinated nature of capital
Capital is a necessary resource, but it does not confer the right to vote and its stake in the profit is limited and subordinated to labor. In short, Mama Estrella puts people over money!
5. Participation in the management
People’s responsible involvement in managing the business.
6. Wage solidarity
In accordance with the cooperative’s real possibilities, and equitable at an internal and external level and for Mama Estrella.
7. Inter-cooperation
Mama Estrella believes in solidarity between cooperatives and business efficiency.
8. Social transformation
Mama Estrella is committed to the supportive, sustainable development of our local area…Chicago!
9. Universality
In solidarity with the promoters of economic democracy within the context of the Social Economy, fully embracing the goals of the international cooperative movement.
10. Education
Promoting people and the cooperative culture, allocating human and financial resources to the cooperative and professional Education of the members and of young people in general.