local living economies

Worker Cooperative Section of the San Francisco Congress

michaeljohnson — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:02:45 -0400

Below is a report on the Worker Co-operative component of the The San Francisco Community Congress from Steve Rice (volunteer with the Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives [NoBAWC]), Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective), and Rick Simon (Just Alternatives for a Sustainable Economy). It is summarized from brainstorming sessions of which twenty or so members from the Bay Area worker cooperatiave community participated. This component calls on local government to...

San Francisco Community Congress: background and update

michaeljohnson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:41:57 -0400

San Francisco Community Congress: background and update

(EDITOR’S NOTE: A very interesting grassroots development happening in SanFrancisco: The San Francisco Community Congress.The goal is to “devise practical, locally actionable proposals to shape and direct future policy affecting the local economy and the provision of critical human services.” Their mantra, “another San Francisco is possible.” If the devil is in the details, then this appears to be the beginning of a premier Solidarity Economy project.

GEO is...

Doing Green Jobs Right

michaeljohnson — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:26:22 -0400

An article in The Nation magazine tells how Boston's Green Justice Coalition is creating "a model to connect the struggle for environmental justice with the fight for living-wage jobs, helping to lay the groundwork for a new generation of community-labor coalitions across the country."

A Network of Cooperatives Gets Organized in New York City: Low-income and immigrant workers well-represented

jim — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:37:40 -0400

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/435

By Michael Johnson

Regional Alliance of Worker Co-ops to Publish a Movement Book

jim — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:46:22 -0500

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/410

by Michael Johnson, GEO Collective

Tuesday November 3 marked a milestone for the book project of the Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC). Food for Thought Books, a 33-year collective and member of VAWC, hosted an advance book sale for CO-OP VALLEY! THE WORKER COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. They organized the event to help finance the writing and publishing of the book.

Our purpose in publishing this book is three-fold:

Co-opted: The Fall Of The Natural Foods Cooperative And What We Can Do About It

jim — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:49:55 -0400

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/403

by Bob St.Peter

Building the Sustainable Economy

Ethan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:13:13 -0500

Pathways to democratic local economies