March 11, 2011 After nearly thirty years reading about the Mondragon Co-ops, I finally got to visit the Basque region in person. Much has changed over the years since the inception of the first Mondagon Co-op in 1956. There are currently 120 worker co-ops in the system with 65,000 employees (98% of which are worker … Mondragon at last by Marty Donkervoort
WHEREAS we believe the best way to achieve the common good is through voluntary collective action and mutual self-help as described in the international principles of co-operation; WHEREAS music and song are powerful forces for change in popular movements for collective well-being; WHEREAS we believe that the worker co-operative model is the type of co-operative … 2012 CICOPA World Music Project
Peter Robinson is skeptical of the green economy. “The green economy was constructed by capitalists,” says the CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation. Robinson spoke at the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation’s 2010 Conference, Worker Co-operatives and Sustainable Development, held in Vancouver from October 28 – 30th. “Beware of the green economy,” said Robinson, “It’s just … 2010 CWCF Conference Review by Hillary Lindsay
Date: Thu, 2012-11-08 (All day) – Sat, 2012-11-10 (All day) The press release and articles by three different participants about the 2012 CWCF-CoopZone Conference PressReleaseFnl Article_Harvie_WorkerCoops_fnl Conference Reactions_Campbell CWCF Conference article_Banville
Hazel recently won award from the CCCM, recognising her longtime commitment to the francophone co-operative movement. She spoke recently with Michelle Strutzenberger of the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association, and you can read more by following this link to the news release.
Hazel recently won a merit award from the CCCM. Attached you will find a short speech which she delivered at the event. In the photograph you can see Hazel along with Marc Tremblay (Alberta Director, CCCM), Brigitte Gagné (Executive Director, CCCM), and Marthe Hamelin (President, CCCM). Good evening v3_fnl
On October 15, 2011 there was a workshop at the North American Worker Co-operative Conference in Quebec City titled ‘Generational Change in a Worker Co-op’ hosted by EnerGreen Builders‘ Eric Tusz-King (pictured) and CICOPA‘s Bruno Roelants. The following are notes taken by Eric Tusz-King, Member of EnerGreen Builders Co-operative, Sackville, New Brunswick. Relationships are complex: … Workshop Summary- Generations in Worker Co-ops
Join us for these two exciting worker co-operative conferences in beautiful and historic Quebec City. There will be empowering and engaging speakers from worker co-operative hot spots in the world – Quebec, Italy, Spain, France and more! The Business Succession and Employee Ownership Conference will take place in Quebec City from October 11-13, 2011. The focus will be … Archived March 22, 2020 – Business Succession and North American Worker Co-operative Conference – October 11-15, 2011 in Quebec City
Hello members and friends of the CFTC, In our Congress, we did it! We did something extraordinary. We gathered. We created CICOPA North America, covering all of Quebec, Canada and the United States – to a minimum. This is the question of collecting human beings, regardless of their country or their language or their differences … Executive Director’s Report – November 2011
October 13, 2011 Quebec Declaration In the lead-up to the UN International Year of Co-operatives 2012, and on the occasion of the first North American Worker Co-operative Conference (Quebec City, October 13-15, 2011), the Worker Co-op Federations in North America have come together to create CICOPA-North America1 and have drafted this joint Declaration on the … Quebec Declaration – The Creation of CICOPA-North America