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NCBA creates connections for cooperative sectors through legislation, education and member networking events. The nation's only cross-sector member association, NCBA unites the entire co-op community.
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RT @incipecoop The International Labour Organization writes on the potentials of workers' co-ops: http://t.co/9hpyez2Gc4 via @ILONEWS #coops Delete the scoop?
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Workers at the New Era Windows Cooperative are celebrating the grand opening of their new unionized, worker-owned and operated business. Almost a year to the day after their window factory closed, a group of former ... Delete the scoop?
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Nathan Brown, a co-operative development worker, explains how to deal with some common skill shortages (A good introduction to what #coops are about & how we've been trained to only compete in school. Delete the scoop?
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It is no secret that today in the United States the richest people in the nation are better off than they have ever been in our history. Delete the scoop?
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1. Green Worker Cooperative’s Co-op Academy , The Bronx, N.Y. Delete the scoop?
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March 19, 2013 Sustainable Brands
April 20, 2013 Truth Out
September 28, 2012 Share The World's Reources
March 22, 2013 - Bill Moyers
March 15, 2013 - Alternet via YES Magazine
Feb 19, 2013 - Yes Magazine HOW COOPERATIVE ARE DRIVING THE NEW ECONOMY Co-ops—just like people—can get more done together than anyone can do alone. They come in many forms, and are more common than you might imagine... http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/the-cooperative-way?utm_source=february13yn&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mrCooperativeWayStrongerEconomy
JUST THE FACTS: WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT CO-OPS? — YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/just-the-facts-what-s-so-good-about-co-ops?utm_source=february13yn&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=titleJTF
16 March 2013 - TruthOut
WHAT OBAMA FORGOT TO MENTION : The Inspiration of Ohio's Worker-Owned Business Revolution http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health/p/3997176765/what-obama-forgot-to-mention-the-inspiration-of-ohio-s-worker-owned-business-revolution
22 May 2012 - Common Dreams From cooperatives, to employee owned businesses to social responsible companies to complementary currencies... we are birthing! http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/22-2
February 01, 2012: The Year of the Cooperative by Jessica Reeder — YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/2012-the-year-of-the-cooperative
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FEED THE WORLD, LET'S HELP IT FEED ITSELF A Woman's POV http://sco.lt/5Oc5Jp
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Very complete resources to understand the cooperatives as an architecture that creates intrinsic motivations in people to create, engage and play! Delete the scoop?
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A century ago, cooperatives electrified the poorest counties in the nation. Today, can they lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid? Delete the scoop?
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Workers Controlling Their Workplace (Worker Owned Cooperatives of Long Island http://t.co/eGFhovvMZ3) Delete the scoop?
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Richard Wolff's smart, blunt talk about the crisis of capitalism on his first Moyers & Company appearance was so compelling and provocative, we asked him to ... Delete the scoop?
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At Equal Exchange we all walk around like we own the place. That's because we all do! http://t.co/a96ycpZfCB Delete the scoop?
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Putting decision-making power in the employees' hands can keep a local economy going in tough times, and create stable jobs that are far less likely to disappear in times of crisis. Delete the scoop?
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I think #PortlandME could support a co-op brewpub. cc @blackstarcoop @BurlingtonBeer #craftbeer #coop #drinklocal http://t.co/YfK9lgcI Delete the scoop?
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Why are millennials so cooperative, confident, and liberal-leaning compared to their older peers? Thank feminism, says Amanda Marcotte. Delete the scoop?
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A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable private renting and home ownership. In the last fortnight ... Delete the scoop?
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Can Co-ops Save Unions? Delete the scoop?
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RT @democracyatwrk: RT @Co_opTX: In Massachusetts, Real Pickles’ Transition to Worker-Owned Cooperative http://t.co/UqiIBJ9085 #economicsolutions Delete the scoop?
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As I've shared here before, about a week ago I participated in the Social Now event where I got the opportunity to finally meet face-to-face Stowe Boyd, one of the best thinkers about the future of... Delete the scoop?
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From short-term credit solutions to personal finance education, social enterprise can play an important role in financial services (RT @GuardianSocEnt: From @OnPurposeUK back in February... How can #socent help people tackle financial exclusion? Delete the scoop?
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The Westmill Solar Cooperative announced the launch of the world’s largest community-owned solar project in the south of England near Oxford. The 5 MW 30-acre Westmill solar park consists of 20,260... Delete the scoop?
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At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, the economic crisis and growing inequality in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and... Delete the scoop?
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We talk with the filmmakers of Shift Change about the value of American worker cooperatives and what other workplaces can learn from them. Delete the scoop?
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Richard Wolff: For all its vaunted efficiency, capitalism has foisted wasteful inequality and environmental ruin on us. There is an alternative (good article... Delete the scoop?
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Commentary on current economic and financial news. (Worker Owned Businesses Point to New Forms ... - Naked Capitalism: With public companies fixated on quarterly pr... Delete the scoop?
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Plans for developing co-operative libraries are the result of the largest consultation programme that Lambeth Council has ever undertaken. The consultation process ran from 27 January to 27 April 2012 and involved 26 public meetings, over 700 questionnaires, 600 one-to-one interviews with service users and 200 one-to-one interviews with people who don’t use the library service. Via Trudy Raymakers Delete the scoop?
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