Co-op Group Chief Executive Gives Himself 60% Pay Cut
We like to say we do things differently at the Co-op. Well, this morning we proved it.
A conversation with Tony Romano of the Right to the City Alliance
The Next System Project: Can you tell us a little bit about the Right to The City Alliance?
Equal Exchange Hiring Food Safety Coordinator in MA
The Food Safety Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that Equal Exchange’s food safety programs meet or exceed all federal, state, and local food safety regulations to protect the health and wellbeing of everyone in our supply chain: farmers, workers, and customers. This position is based out of West Bridgewater, MA, with occasional travel to Equal Exchange warehouses, suppliers, and co-packers.
DAWI Hiring Coalition Project Director
The Coalition Project Director starts every workday asking, “What can I do to help this Coalition function more effectively and increase its impact?”
20 Book Clubs, 20 Cooperative Businesses Wins Knight Cities Challenge Grant
Photo by Eli Feghali
Help Shape New Sustainable Economies Advocacy Organization
WELCOME:
Thank you for taking the time to help shape the policy organization for the sustainable economies movement! Please take a few moments to learn about this 501(c)4 organization, and then fill out the questionnaire below.
Did the Death of a Mississippi Mayor End a Great Experiment in African American Liberation?
On February 21, 2014, 49 years to the day after Malcolm X's earthly form fell to assassins' bullets in Harlem, Chokwe Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, came home to find the power out. The outage affected only his house, not any others on the block.
Commons Movement
Resources about common-pool resource management and the commons movement.
Central Co-op Adopts Solidarity Model
Central Co-op's Solidarity ModelWith the strong approval Central Co-op’s owners and Board of the merger with Tacoma Food Co-op, we're now a Solidarity Co-op! But what does that mean?
Shared Ownership
Worker Co-operative Code
Co-operatives UK defines worker co-operatives as those businesses where the members and beneficiaries work for the co-operative and have direct ownership and control.
The Worker Co-operative Code sets out what anyone should expect, and should work together to achieve, as a member of a worker co-operative.
Taking Ownership
“The really special thing about the cooperative model,” says Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative (NCEC) Coordinator, Richard Warner, “is that they’re member-owned.”