Win-Win Commercial Cleaning Cooperative

Win-Win Cleaning is a cooperative of small, family-owned cleaning businesses based in Fields Corner. The cooperative provides full- and part-time job opportunities for community members. Win-Win Cleaning conducts annual skills training, handles marketing, accounting and customer service for member companies, and provides ongoing business technical assistance. Win-Win member companies provide services to property owners that include daily and weekly cleaning, apartment turnovers, carpet cleaning, and floor refinishing. The cooperative presently has eight participating members that employ 15-18 people, with hourly wages of $13-22. Win-Win has secured contracts for the coming year valued at more than $233,000 in gross revenue.

Businesses Interested In Our Service

Win-Win Cleaning is a cooperative of local, employee-owned commercial cleaning companies serving Greater Boston since 2002.  Win-Win is a joint venture created in 2002 between the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID) and The ICA Group, a non-profit consultancy established in 1978 that strengthens employee-owned enterprises and community-based projects.  The creation of Win-Win has allowed residents in Boston’s economically disadvantaged neighborhoods to achieve economic self-sufficiency, to attain technical skills, and to be successful entrepreneurs.  Our clients include prominent community development corporations with an expansive portfolio of residential units to nonprofits to commercial offices. 

Win-Win offers the following services at competitive rates:

  • Standard Residential and Office Cleaning

  • Apartment Cleanout

  • Floor Stripping and Waxing

  • Carpet Shampooing

  • Snow Removal

  • Painting

  • Outdoor Cleaning

We value our customers and offer meticulous service at competitive rates.  During the course of the contract, a General Manager will be available to answers questions or concerns and to perform quality control visits. 

Please call Lang Le at (617) 529-3165 for a free estimate or to simply find out more information about Win-Win Cleaning. 

Interested Applicants

Currently, there are eight members of the cooperative.  The preponderance of Win-Win’s members performs full-time cleaning, and others use this opportunity to work part-time to supplement their income.  Win-Win will negotiate and secure contracts on behalf of participants.  In order to join Win-Win Cleaning, applicants must fulfill the following:

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  • Attend 6 Training Workshops (substantial focus on cleaning and business skills);

  • Franchise Fee;

  • Win-Win Stock Payment ($500 upfront payment and 4% payroll deduction until $2000 stock certificate paid in full);

  • Approximately $600-$750 for purchase of equipment and supplies; 

  • Purchase General Liability Insurance (parameters of insurance is set forth by Win-Win);

  • Workers Compensation (premium based on each participant’s revenue as a percentage of Win-Win’s total revenue);

  • Attend Monthly Governance Board Meeting.

For further information on the application process, please contact…

Lang Le, Economic Development Coordinator @ 617-822-3717 ext 13

Thu Truong, Small Business Counselor @ 617-822-3717 ext 18

 

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