Worker Co-operative

From John Lewis to workers' co-ops: these Tories love wrongfooting the left

Tue Apr 19 12:31:18 +0000 2011

The vision Maude and co have for the public sector challenges Labour: what's your alternative – the 1945 way, now and for ever?

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Mutuals set to take over public services

Tue Apr 19 12:41:14 +0000 2011

Will employee-owned co-operatives be equipped to provide efficient public services? Kate Murray reports

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Lessons in social enterprise from the Basque country

Tue Apr 26 15:46:39 +0000 2011

Guardian Article about Basque Country and how worker co-operatives have made the region more socially balanced, what could we learn?

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Worker Ownership Effects on "Productivity" in the U.S.

Tue May 03 11:23:09 +0000 2011

While worker ownership is still relatively uncommon in the U.S. - and worker control, as in cooperatives, even more rare - there are enough firms which are indirectly employee-owned through Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) that it is possible to compare their performance with traditionally owned firms. For my 2008 dissertation at the City University of New York Graduate Center,[1] I did exactly that.

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FT.com / Management - When the workers take over

Tue May 03 11:35:06 +0000 2011

Please respect FT.com's ts&cs and copyright policy which allow you to: share links; copy content for personal use; & redistribute limited extracts. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights or use this link to reference the article - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5b957de-7111-11e0-962a-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1LHw6QSct When a family-owned company wants to bring in outside investors, the usual choice is between selling the business, in whole or in part, or floating it on the stock market. But there is a third option, which may be attractive to owners whose interest is less in obtaining the highest possible price than in securing the continuity of the business as an independent concern. This is to transfer the company into the hands of its employees.

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Jeffrey Hollender: The Sun Does Shine in Cleveland

Tue May 03 11:36:55 +0000 2011

"In Cleveland's Greater University Circle, where neighborhoods that are home to 43,000 people whose median household income is less than $18,500, the Evergreen Cooperative is springing to life. The Cooperative grew out of a highly unusual partnership between the Cleveland Foundation, the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University, and a group of major place-based institutions in Cleveland's Greater University Circle."

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Reflections of Pensimientos « The Workers' Paradise

Fri May 13 11:57:48 +0000 2011

Worker co-operatives don’t exist simply to engage the marketplace in a more equitable manner. If that is all of the movement’s accomplishment, then the output seems hardly worth the effort. No, the full effect of the worker co-operative model must also be to change the persons involved.

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Japan's Worker Co-operative Movement into the 21st Century

Tue May 31 08:51:25 +0000 2011

Historical look at the worker co-operative sector in Japan

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Experiments in Economic Democracy | Indypendent Reader

Tue May 31 11:28:53 +0000 2011

What does a just and sustainable economy look like? And more importantly, how do we get there from here? We can’t seriously entertain fantasies of a magical overnight transformation to some kind of socialist utopia:

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Indian Coffee House - worker owned

Fri Jun 03 09:32:52 +0000 2011

Indian Coffee House the biggest restaurant chain in Kerala. The society now has a chain with over 51 outlets and associate canteens operating in all major towns from Thrissur to Thiruvananthapuram.

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A World of Cooperation and Shared Ownership

Wed Jun 08 08:46:45 +0000 2011

We hold in our own hands the key to building a sustainable economic future. Literally. By placing responsibility and ownership into the hands of employees globally, we have the ability to mold an economy that benefits us all.

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My life at the New Internationalist co-op -- New Internationalist

Fri Jul 01 13:24:47 +0000 2011

Blog post on long serving New Internationalist member on his time with the worker co-op.

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Robert Oakeshott | The Economist

Wed Jul 20 11:16:53 +0000 2011

Robert Oakeshott, champion of worker co-operatives, died on June 21st, aged 77

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Knowledge Atlas

Wed Jul 20 13:13:41 +0000 2011

a co-operative knowldege base and wiki owned by the people who contribute to it.

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DecisionLab » Blog Archive » The Growing Edge of Organisational Democracy

Tue Jul 26 10:31:40 +0000 2011

The WorldBlu conference on organisational democracy was organised around Traci Fenton's 10 principles for what makes an organisation "democratic". While many people think "majority-rule voting" when they hear the word democracy, Traci thinks of freedom. It is this broader definition that makes her vision worth hearing.

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Shareable: How to Start A Worker Co-op

Thu Jul 28 09:19:45 +0000 2011

In the age of unemployment, downsizing, and outsourcing, where can a poor soul find a job? Well, maybe it’s time we create our own. Self-employment is an option and can seem freeing, but it’s hard to do everything yourself and find time for a non-work life. The worker coop is an alternative to the isolation of self-employment and the exploitation of traditional jobs.

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Worker Cooperative Development Models and Approaches: A Brief Overview

Tue Aug 02 08:17:27 +0000 2011

What do we mean by "models of worker co-op development?" We mean identifying and categorizing development strategies according to elements about how and why, by whom a co-op was initiated, original ownership culture and funding sources

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ARGENTINA: Worker Cooperatives Reduce "Hard-Core" Unemployment

Thu Aug 04 08:37:20 +0000 2011

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 3, 2011 (IPS) - During the social and economic collapse of 2002-2003, the Argentine state encouraged the formation of workers' cooperatives, which helped mitigate the worst effects of the crisis, reduced hard-core unemployment, and now as independent, democratic, worker-controlled organisations are providing services to the public and private sectors.

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A Brief History of Cooperative Home Care Associates

Fri Aug 12 12:20:09 +0000 2011

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Building a credit union to sustain and develop worker cooperatives | Community-Wealth.org: C-W Blog

Thu Aug 11 17:06:18 +0000 2011