I own a few very small businesses in a very small Nevada town. They are profitable. I want to turn them into worker co-ops (or one co-op?). I only have 2 people working with me at the moment. Trying to find a third and possibly fourth but it's hard. We're like a family and I don't want the fuck up the dynamic. Anyway, I digress. I'm a bit of an anarchist at heart – and let's just say I haven't exactly dotted all my t's and crossed all my i's. I could legit lose everything (due to not following the rules. like at all) – and I've never cared about that. But now I have a few people that I feel like I should provide for. I pay ok- 20 plus an hour for non tipped position and 13/hr for a bartending position that usually banks at least 50 an hour in tips. But I'm still a capitalist and at the end of the day I get the surplus value of their labor.
I really need a good Nevada based lawyer who can help me legitimize everything and give it to my co-workers. This would solve two problems for me. It would solve the problem of exploitation being inherent in what I do no matter how well I pay. And it would solve the problem of me potentially losing everything and leaving my friends high and dry.
Anybody know any Socialist Lawyers?
cross posted from r/socialism