Follow the links for a recording of the launch of the Radical Routes book, "How to set up a Workers Co-op", an interview with Cath from Radical Routes, some photos of the event and also a PDF version of the book. Great Stuff!
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Worker co-operative Mondragon has demonstrated impressive resilience in helping keep jobless levels in the Basque region to under half the Spanish national average. By Race Mathews. Back in the. Delete the scoop?
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The International Summit (held October 8-11, 2012) was a mixed experience for a worker co-operator like me. As someone profoundly committed to the values, principles and democratic nature of the co-operative movement, I found it relatively challenging... Delete the scoop?
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Here is a link to the September/October 2012 CWCF Newsletter, full of interesting stories, particularly pertaining to the 2012 Québec Summit on Co-operatives. You can read it here. Delete the scoop?
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