Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy
J. Noven, a staff member and executive director at the Berkeley Student Food Collective, said a large part of how cooperatives are able to work is due to shared incentives and better treatment of workers.
“In most people’s jobs, they don’t have the opportunity to share governance or power in their workplace with their co-workers,” Noven said. “That’s a loss for building a society that is able to better care for everyone in it.”
PM Chính also stressed the significance of the collective economy in international integration and the socialist-oriented economy.
Resolution No 20-NQ/TW issued at the fifth session of the 13th Party Central Committee stated that the collective economy is an important economic sector that needs to be reinforced and developed and, together with the State-owned sector, becomes a firm foundation for the national economy, he noted.
Priya Chatwani is a worker-owner at Politics Rewired, a political tech co-operative in the US, which launched in 2020. The co-op’s first major project was working on the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign using its peer-to-peer texting programme, Spoke.
Growing Back Together
NASCO has worked to adapt to members’ changing needs and respond to the major challenges that have emerged in the last two years. Rather than a 3-day virtual conference, this year’s NASCO Institute will be a full month of educational events, including several virtual event series, at-home guided activities, and a small in-person Member Retreat and Annual General Meeting.
In the midst of a global pandemic, deepening economic divisions, a worsening climate crisis, and ongoing social and racial injustice, NYC stands at an historic precipice. We have a chance to redefine our values-- a chance to rebuild, recreate, and reimagine a NYC for the people and controlled by the people. Our city’s champions are the people building deepening relationships among all sectors in our local economy and fighting for justice.
Zambia is on a trajectory of growing the Cooperatives sub secetor with a robust CDF programme amounting to over 20 Million Kwacha per constituency. Government wants to see Cooperatives tap into the fund for their growth.
The Canary was founded in 2015 as a limited liability company (LLC), and its founders / directors ran it like a capitalist business – albeit not very well. However, in the summer of 2022, everything changed. A seismic chain of events led to revelations none of us could have anticipated.
During the Metro Mayors Caucus Lunch & Learn on Sept 22, 2022, we discussed the City of Denver Economic Development & Opportunity’s (DEDO) efforts to create a robust worker cooperative sector as a means to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable local economy.
Credit unions around the world are doing their bit to help with the cost of living crisis by providing low-cost loans.
Artisans Cooperative is in the early stages of development. Our next steps are to gather a virtual community of artisans, supporters, and partners through our website Artisans.coop. We will also gather support through social media and grassroots organizing. We will support our members during the holiday season with gift guides and social posts while we work towards an interim directory website.
