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Western Europe

May 9, 2022

Sociocratic Governance in Unicorn Grocery Co-op

Unicorn Grocery is a thriving worker-owned, values-driven grocery co-op using sociocracy for its governance in Chorlton, Manchester, UK. They consist of 71 members who all work within the cooperative and are also the directors of the business.

January 3, 2022

Workers' Self-Management at Vio.Me

An interview with a worker-owner at the Vio.Me worker-occupied factory in Greece.

October 28, 2021

A Failure of Cooperative Governance

Professor Imanol Basterretxea discusses some of the governance failures that helped lead to the collapse of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodoméstico.

August 30, 2021

Wings Co-op: Courier-Owned Delivery

Wings is a new worker cooperative alternative to Deliveroo, boasting superior ethical credentials.

August 5, 2021

Why Italy Might See a Worker Co-operative Boom

With Covid’s impacts still being felt and a decade of business sales about to erupt it is key that we learn how to make WBOs as easy as possible for prospective worker-owners.

July 29, 2021

Italy's Worker Buyouts in Times of Crisis

A report on the factors that lead to Worker Buyouts of failing firms and those without succession plans in Italy.

March 1, 2021

Cooperative Sociocracy — Making it Work for Your Co-op

A member of Unicorn Grocery worker co-op talks about her experience using sociocracy at the 70-member co-op.