Long before she even knew about worker co-ops, Danielle Turpin wanted to launch one. After 16 years as a personal support worker, Turpin had had enough of the lack of autonomy, exploitative working conditions, and inadequate staffing that characterized much of the sector. She envisioned a different approach, one where staff and clients got the … Home Care Workers’ Co-op Proves There’s a Better Way – Kenzie Love
By Kenzie Love The problems with the so-called “gig economy”, in which workers for Uber and other platforms carry all the responsibilities of being an employee while receiving none of the benefits, have been well-documented. The desire for an alternative to the enormous power of big tech is also readily apparent. But many of the … Platform Co-ops Offer an Alternative to Big Tech’s Monopolies
By Kenzie Love In 1995, the International Co-operative Alliance set out to answer this question by adopting the Statement on the Cooperative Identity. Subsequently recognized by many governments and multilateral organizations, the Statement defines the cooperative business model, makes explicit the cooperative and ethical values on which it is founded, and sets out seven universal … International Co-operative Alliance Consultation a Chance to Define the Co-operative Identity
By Kenzie Love As a director with the Capital Health Region in Halifax in the early 2000s, Linda Best gained a new awareness of food-related health issues affecting Nova Scotians, among them the declining amount of food being produced in the province. This knowledge spurred her to convene a food summit in 2009, and ultimately … FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Promotes Healthy Farms, Healthy Food
CWCF is busy getting ready for the second iteration of our Worker Co-op Academy, a program that provides groups who have a well thought-out concept for a worker co-op a chance to transform their vision into a reality. Although the structure of the program will be different this time as we will be using a … Report from the Executive Director, May 2022
(Le français suit) Download the job description The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF) is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker co-operatives, related types of co-operatives, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker co-operatives. CWCF is seeking a an ambitious, results-driven Executive Assistant to support the Executive Director and … CWCF Executive Assistant (Bilingual/Remote) Adjoint∙e administratif∙ve à la FCCT (bilingue/télétravail)
CWCF, in partnership with Just Us! Coffee and CCEDNet, hosted a successful screening of director John Houston’s 60-minute film Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind on April 19. Through interviews with elders, the film chronicles how the Inuit and Cree of Nunavik (northern Quebec) banded together to create a co-operative federation that allowed them to break free from … CWCF Hosts Successful Screening of Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind
By Kenzie Love A set of Solidarity Principles are in process of being developed by a US group in response to the realization that such guidelines could lead to more cohesion among the various types of groups and entities involved in the solidarity economy. The term “solidarity economy” does not have a precise definition. … Solidarity Economy Principles Call for Transformative Change