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Following the success of this summer's Eastern conference, the bi-annual 2013 Western Workers Co-op Conference is hot on its heels. The September 2nd through 4th event will be held at the worker-owned Breitenbush Hotsprings in Detroit, Oregon.
Promoting Worker-Owned Cooperatives as a CED Empowerment Strategy: A Case Study of Colors and Lawyering in Support of Participatory Decision-Making and Meaningful Social Change. Submitted by Joe on Wed, ...
By CUNY CED. Pittsburgh, PA is the home of a new worker cooperative, the 'Clean and Green Laundry.' The industrial-scale cleaning firm was brought into being by a joint effort of the United Steel Workers and the City ...
Can worker coops overcome capitalist overproduction?
Although the ratio for each cooperative varies, it is worker-owners within that cooperative who decide through a democratic vote what these ratios should be. Thus, if a general manager of a cooperative has a ratio of 9:1, it is ...
Toward Freedom Can Co-ops Save Unions? - Toward Freedom Toward Freedom New Era Windows LLC, a worker-owned cooperative formed last year by members of United Electrical Workers (UE) Local 1110.
This is the first paper to analyze all the different varieties of worker-owned firms as well as conventional firms in terms of how they parse the bundle of rights in a firm. It also popularized the basic idea that the membership rights ...
The 2012 Annual Report covers the CWCF's 21st year! The Year in Review starts on p. 2, the operations report by the Executive Director is on p.
Worker-Owned Home Care Cooperatives are First in their Industry to be ...CSRwire.com (press release)The Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA) and Home Care Associates (HCA) of Philadelphia, two worker-owned, cooperative home care...
Why I Want to be a Worker-Owner… AgainCo-Operative News (blog)To me, it is important that Equal Exchange is itself organized as a cooperative, living the values of democracy that it values in its suppliers.
SHIFT CHANGE visits thriving cooperative businesses in the U.S. and Spain; sharing on-the-ground experiences, lessons, and observations from the worker-owners on the front lines of the new economy. SHIFT CHANGE ...
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.
Electric Co-op TodayAlabama Co-op Worker Saves LivesElectric Co-op TodayIn his 21 years at the Summerdale, Ala., electric cooperative, Grant, now a field services technician, has had three life-and-death encounters with members during routine...
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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.
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Have a look at the most recent newsletter from the CWCF. Click here to read it.
Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United ...
12 Companies Considered 'Best for the World' Forbes Cooperative Home Care Associates in the Bronx, New York, is the nation's largest worker-owned cooperative. It provides high-quality home care services to the elderly and disabled.
***Disclosure*** I was recently reelected to DAWN’s Board of Governors and the Training and Certification Committee. I am also a founding member of the organization.
Cuba Approves Private Co-ops In Non-farm SectorsBernamaThe government would offer tax benefits to these co-ops to stimulate the creation of new co-ops, said Granma.
This is the first paper to analyze all the different varieties of worker-owned firms as well as conventional firms in terms of how they parse the bundle of rights in a firm. It also popularized the basic idea that the membership rights ...
Cuba Approves Private Co-ops In Non-farm SectorsBernamaThe government would offer tax benefits to these co-ops to stimulate the creation of new co-ops, said Granma.
Highlights from the CWCF-CoopZone Conference - by Joy Emmanuel (CoopZone) read more
Some CWCF members have asked that CWCF better play the role of intermediarybetween worker co-ops on the ground and the international associations of workerco-ops in which we are involved: CICOPA (world level); CICOPA-Americas for thecontinent, and...
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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...
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