Dr Walker, who has been working with co-ops for 30 years, says the Group needs to make its operations, including shops, funeral homes and travel agencies, far more autonomous. It must empower members, store managers and staff to make decisions about how local branches are run and central management must serve these operations, helping them work together rather than telling them what to do.
This bus service, which will start running in the capital from 8 pm Friday night, will be limited to members of a cooperative, who will have to pay a NIS 50 a year membership fee.
So far, 500 people signed up for the service and paid the membership fees online.
If you’re a coffee lover, you’ve likely enjoyed beans cultivated by farmers from a fair trade worker cooperative.
Every two years, the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy recognizes two individuals, cooperatives, or organizations for their outstanding contribution to the Workplace Democracy Movement in the Eastern and Southern United States. We invite you to submit a nomination in the category of Worker-owned Cooperative or Worker Cooperative Developer or Educator.
Question: What do you get when you cross a worker cooperative with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit?
Answer: A worker self-directed nonprofit!
When the workers of Donnelley arrived at the plant on August 11, 2014 they found a note at the gates explaining that the company was shutting down its operations in the country and that it “regretted the inconvenience.”
The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) is seeking a highly motivated individual to manage our technical assistance projects in the Eastern US and Canada. The Project Manager will assist and build the capacity of local governments and organizations to develop flagship models of participatory budgeting in North America.
As business owners approach retirement age, many consider selling and often face difficult decisions related to the value of their enterprises.
Caroline Woolard first got the idea to invest in commercial property when she realized she would soon be priced out of her artist's studio in Brooklyn.
After nearly 12 years of bouncing around various Bay Area startups, Taran Ramage was feeling burnt out.
We are looking for dynamic presenters who can offer interactive and/or engaging workshops. Workshop blocks are usually 1.5 or 2 hrs. While the focus of the event is on intentional communities, workshops sometimes cover a broader array of topics in cooperative and alternative lifestyles. If the workshop is not community specific the presenter will be expected to put the topic in a community context.
group of former students from the for-profit Corinthian Colleges have gone collective —and are seeking not only to erase their student-loan debt but also to spark a larger movement seeking free higher education in the United States.
Schools and school districts operate large and complex budgets – often with minimal participation from the community members and youth they work to serve. But it doesn’t have to be this way!
