Teacher Cooperative Schools

Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives launches public appeal

michaeljohnson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:36:44 -0400

Inventive new resource turns to the public to raise funds and awareness

Mondragon Diaries: Day Four

michaeljohnson — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:28:07 -0400

Most new small businesses fail. That's a fact, whether they are in the Basque Country or in the U.S. Or anywhere else. Yet the Mondragon Coops, which all started as small worker-owned businesses, have hardly ever failed. Why? The key is in Father Jose Maria Arizmendi's original founding conception of cooperatives as the interlocking of school, factory and credit union.

Notable Quotes heard at the USFWC conference in Berkeley Aug. 6-8, 2010

ajowa — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:47:37 -0400

There was so many rich quotes from the national worker cooperative conference that took place in Berkeley last weekend. Many got lost in my unreadable handwriting.

Here are only a few that I was able to capture:

"This isn't for everyone. Co-ops are awesome."

--Hilary Abell, WAGES Executive Director.

"They say that young people are the future, but they don't treat us like that. It's like we're a burden. ...We're the leaders of today, not just tomorrow."