Webinar: Worker Co-ops — A solution for an economy in crisis

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We are standing at a pivotal time for the political and economic future of the country, and worker cooperatives are a solution to many of country's issues. These businesses that are owned and governed by their employees represent an opportunity to build good jobs, strengthen the community, and empower workers.

In a webinar event cohosted by the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, the Democracy at Work Institute, the New Economy Coalition, and the Democracy Collaborative, you'll hear about:
* the worker co-op movement's development over the last few years,
* newly-released data on successes and growth in employee ownership
* how the worker cooperative movement is raising money for the people and by the people, and
* exciting policy developments in the last year.

Moderated by John Duda, Director of Communications for the Democracy Collaborative, this interview-style event will go beyond the basics into the tangible, rapidly growing efforts to grow worker cooperatives across the United States.

Speakers:

Esteban Kelly, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Kate Khatib, The Working World National Peer Network

John O'Neill, American Sustainable Business Council

Molly Hemstreet, Opportunity Threads

Nov 20, 2017 2:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Four ways to build a housing co-op

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According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada will need an additional 3.5 million homes by 2030. Housing continues to get less affordable as the average price of a home in Canada rose 6.3% to $668,754 over the past year.

The Government of Canada has committed more than $82 billion to make housing more available and affordable. While the government is providing funds, they’re relying on private businesses, municipalities, and regular people to take the lead on building these new homes.

People need to work together to access this funding and create the housing solutions their communities need, and creating co-ops is a great way to do it. Here are four options that could help you and your community address housing issues using the co-op model.

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Nicaragua: Making Cooperatives Central to Democratization

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A phenomenon deserving more attention by those interested in the debates on Socialism in the 21st Century is the development of the cooperative and associative sector in Nicaragua. Over 50 percent of the Central American country's gross domestic product is produced either by small family-owned associative enterprises with less than 10 workers or by more advanced cooperatives some of which have several thousand members. This non-capitalist sector of the economy currently employs about 70 percent of the workforce in a country where neoliberal policies have deliberately attacked secure formal employment, as they have done around the world. The lives of about 2 million people, one in three Nicaraguans, are directly influenced by cooperatives, either because they themselves or else one of their close relatives, belong to a co-op.