Resources

CWCF July 2014 Newsletter

Our July newsletter includes stories about CWCF members, conference update, links to a great series about the USFWC and more. Click here to read the newsletter.


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CWCF July 2014 Newsletter

Our July newsletter includes stories about CWCF members, conference update, links to a great series about the USFWC and more. Click here to read the newsletter.


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Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale

This paper aims to help build the field of U.S. worker co-op development by providing a current view of the cooperative landscape and by analyzing factors that inhibit or promote cooperative development. Although informed by the cooperative giants in Europe, this analysis highlights lessons learned through the development and growth of worker co-ops in the United States. Click here Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale


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2013 CWCF Conference postings

Here are some of the presentations shared at the CWCF-CoopZone Conference in 2013. Good Governance Lynn Hannley_1 Effective Meetings and Decision Making Blair Hamilton Access to Capital Peter Hough_1 Access to Capital Ian Glassford_1 Access to Capital Paul Cabaj_1


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CWCF June 2014 Newsletter

Our June 2014 newsletter features reviews of the US Worker Co-op conference, updated information on the CWCR-CoopZone 2014 Conference and much more.  Click here to read it.


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Worker Co-op Resource Guide

This Resource Guide, in the form of web links to practical documents, is designed to be used as a reference guide by people considering the start-up of a worker co-op and organizations that support business development of various types, as well as by worker co-ops that are operating. Worker Co-op Resource Guide


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CWCF May 2014 Newsletter

Our May newsletter has an update of CWCF activities, more information about our upcoming 2014 conference, member news and other interesting information from the Worker Co-op community. Click here to read it.


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CWCF April 2014 Newsletter

Our April 2014 newsletter has information about our new member insurance benefit program, an update from  Old Town Glassworks in Yellowknife and much more.  Click here to read it.


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Co-op World Music Project

A Melody of Co-operation Around the World: CICOPA World Music Project, a Legacy of the International Year of Co-ops Now Moving into the Co-operative Decade, by Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director, Canadian Worker Co-op Federation A CICOPA World Music Project resolution was passed in November 2011 in Cancun.  For the background, see:  https://canadianworker.coop/2012-cicopa-world-music-project/ Music selections, primarily Co-op World Music Project


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