A survey for cooperators, reflecting on the worker cooperative movement on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives.
B Lab’s research suggests that certification has at least struck a chord with consumers. While worker co-ops seem to perpetually struggle with a lack of “awareness” around the model, one in three consumers in Canada and the US reportedly understand the B Corp label.
In this video farm tour, we visit Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, a thriving co-op farm just outside Montreal, Quebec. Farmers Dan Brisebois and Emily Board walk us through their seed-growing operation, discuss how their worker co-op farm was founded, and share how it functions today.
Cecosesola is a remarkable federation of Venezuelan cooperatives that artfully manages multiple ventures as commons while deeply immersed within a system of capitalist markets.
Increasing the prevalence of perceived quality drivers through the expansion of home care cooperatives, the adoption of cooperatives’ practices by traditional agencies, and the implementation of industry-wide policies that facilitate them may significantly improve care quality across the home care sector.
In this conversation with John Abrams, author of From Founder to Future, we explore how founders can strategically pave the way for a more equitable future through the worker co-op model and how work can influence every area of life.
In recent years, there’s been renewed interest in the worker co-op model. The Earthworker cooperative network focused on Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The goal: find new types of employment and products in a coal area undergoing transition.