Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy
This week, after a a few delays, I was finally able to interview a couple of the masterminds behind DisCO (Distributed Cooperative Organization). I spoke to Stacco Troncoso (@StaccoP2P) and Natalia Avlona who are both members of the crew working on DisCO, also called DisCONAUTS.
When people began clamoring for local food as the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic lingered on in 2020, a group of south-central Wisconsin farmers and cooperative-minded people decided to come up with a way to market food directly to consumers.
Congress is rounding out 2021 with a cooperative highlight. On Tuesday, December 22, 2021, Colorado’s Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-2) introduced the Capital for Cooperatives Act in the House.
Tanner speaks with Gordon Casey from Brave Co-op — a tech co-operative in BC that's created overdose-preventing apps and products. This incredible co-op is making a real difference in people's lives, and Casey talks about the company's approach and how its products save lives.
Listen to the episode at Co-operatives First
I recently read a column by a wise cooperator who stated: We do not choose cooperatives because they are easy; we choose them because they are better.
So here’s my wish for 2022: As individual cooperators and as a cooperative community, let’s lean into what makes cooperatives better. By doing so, we will more positively impact our members and our communities.
Calverts is a design and print cooperative, whose independence from corporate pressures allows for the increasingly rare autonomy to produce work that is subversive, socially progressive and crucially, beautiful.
It was founded in 1977 by a group of printers who had been made redundant from an arts organisation. With no redundancy package, they took control of the printing presses to kickstart their own venture.
With £20,000 in government funding and grants from foundations, Wings has hired a half-dozen riders who work five-hour shifts for a guaranteed wage of £11.05 an hour, the minimum needed to get by in London, according to the nonprofit Living Wage Foundation.
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“I had to go to the restroom, and when I came back from the restroom, they said, ‘Hi! You’re president!’” recalls Mr. Egan.
Today in East Point, Ga., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Cornelius Blanding, executive director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, to sign an agreement signifying a continued partnership between USDA and the nonprofit organization.
