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Union-Led Buy-Outs

Guides drafted for union-led conversions to worker co-ops from other business forms, by the Western Labour-Worker Co-op Council.  The Council’s members included CWCF, the Prairie Region of the Canadian Labour Congress, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Co-op Ventures Worker Co-op, and various trade unions. 1 of 4: Union-Led Buy-Outs – Coop Basics 2 of 4: Union-Led Buy-Outs


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The Co-operative Movement in the Next 100 Years: What are the Opportunities? The Challenges?

Ian MacPherson Professor Emeritus of History Co-director, the National Hub The Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships The University of Victoria [NOTE that Ian MacPherson passed away in 2013.  See the ICA tribute to him, here: https://www.ica.coop/en/media/news/co-operators-pay-tribute-ian-macpherson ] Speech to Worker Co-operatives and Sustainable Development Canadian Worker Co-op Federation Vancouver October 2010 When Hazel Corcoran asked me The Co-operative Movement in the Next 100 Years: What are the Opportunities? The Challenges?


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