Immigrant Justice
More Low-Wage Workers Become Their Own Bosses
Are worker co-ops making a difference? an interview
From grocery stores and bakeries to bike shops and day care centers, worker-owned cooperatives are gaining popularity across the country. How are they faring in the recession? What solutions do co-ops offer for today’s recession/depression? If they gain even more popularity, could they transform the economy and the way we think it should work?
Guests include Dan Thomases, a founding member of Box Dog Bikes co-op, John Kusakabe of the Arizmendi Bakery co-op, and Hilary Abell of Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES).
THE WAGES MODEL OF COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT: PROVIDING HOPE AND JOBS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY TO IMMIGRANTS
Sign up for anti-racism training at the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives conference in Berkeley
Anti-Racism in the Workplace two-day training, August 9th & 10th, 2010, UC Berkeley.
The U.S. Federation for Worker Cooperatives has organized an intensive 2-day workshop as part of the conference. Here's how conference co-organizer, kiran nigam, bills it:
Cooperative Replication at WAGES
By Joel Schoening
From Rangi-Changi to Wabi Sabi: Supporting the Development of a Worker Cooperative in an Urban Immigrant Community
By the Center for Family Life
The Challenge
Who Gains From the Green Economy?
Support From the Heart: The Multicultural Health Cooperative
Every year the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation honors one of its members with the "Worker Co-op Merit Award"--an idea we might well want to consider for our own USA Federation. This year they selected Edmonton-based MCHB, a truly remarkable venture which is addressing, in a very special way, the otherwise unmet needs of that city's "immigrant and refugee" communities.
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