Duralex employees to takeover emblematic glass manufacturer
Duralex employees will take over the running of the emblematic French glassmaker after a decision by a court.
The Orléans Commercial Court validated a takeover project for the Duralex glassworks on Friday, July 26, 2024, which will save 228 jobs.
Among the three takeover offers, the project of the Société Coopérative de Production (SCOP) was validated.
The Scop proposal was supported by 60% of staff and led by site management.
Interview with Solar Share GM Chris Caners
Chris Caners, general manager of Toronto’s Solar Share renewable energy co-operative, is talking to me about solar power’s many virtues. He smiles and his whole face comes to life. He clearly loves this technology.
“Solar is an amazing electricity generation mechanism because you can literally do it anywhere,” he says. “So, you avoid things like transmission losses because … you’re generating the power where you’re consuming it.”
He also speaks with exuberance about solar’s affordability.
Could Winston-Salem get a Housing Co-op This Year?
Downtown Winston-Salem is one step closer to having its first known cooperative housing community at a five-unit complex at 207 N. Spring St.
US National Worker Co-op Conference - Sept 12-14
Conference schedule / Programación de la Conferencia
Get ready to immerse yourself in WCC24! Explore our dynamic lineup of insightful sessions, engaging workshops, and opportunities to foster relationships. Join us as we celebrate the flourishing momentum of worker ownership and the resurgence of workers' rights organizing in the United States.
Nonviolent Communication Workshop
This is a 3-session introduction class to compassionate communication (Nonviolent Communication, NVC). It covers basic concepts with many examples. All sessions are participatory with time for questions and answers.
NVC meshes beautifully with sociocracy because it allows us to listen well, make ourselves understood on a deeper level, and explore together how we can co-create solutions that work for everyone.
A Closer Look at Worker Cooperatives
Worker cooperatives are becoming a popular form of the cooperative business model and generating more attention these days. A worker cooperative is a business where workers own most of the equity and control the voting shares of the business, while participating in profit sharing, oversight, in some cases, management, while operating by democratic cooperative principles. The OSU Center for Cooperatives team recently spoke with area worker cooperative leaders to hear about how they got their start and navigate current worker co-op operations and trends to continue pr
Building the network that builds cooperatives
Like so much of the cooperative ecosystem, the story of CooperationWorks! is deeply linked to that of the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF).
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) Program, the only federal program dedicated to advancing cooperative businesses.