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Archived March 22, 2020 – The Growth Factors of Worker Co-operatives – Interview with Bruno Roelants (2010 CWCF March/April E-Newsletter)

March 26, 2010

Bruno Roelants is the General Secretary of CICOPA (International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers’ Co-operatives), which is the sectoral organization of the International Co-operative Alliance that promotes worker cooperatives. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, CICOPA has a membership of 57 national and regional cooperative federations in 39 countries. CWCF recently had the opportunity to … Archived March 22, 2020 – The Growth Factors of Worker Co-operatives – Interview with Bruno Roelants (2010 CWCF March/April E-Newsletter)

Union-Led Buy-Outs

November 26, 2009

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

Steps in a Worker Buyout of a Company

October 19, 2009

(1) Educate the supporters of the buyout. Supporters may include all of the hourly and salaried employees as well as local management. Frequently, in situations involving an organized workforce, those employees protected by a union contract are the initial proponents. (2) Establish a buyout association. Membership in the buyout association is usually open to all … Steps in a Worker Buyout of a Company

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

October 12, 2009

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?