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Anthony Murray
+ Co-operatives, PoliticsThe United States Congress has took a step toward economically empowering Americans and strengthening communities with the introduction of the National Cooperative Development Act. Congressman Chaka Fattah, the Democratic representative for...
Co-operative News
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, ICA, Democracy, Financial, Mutuals, Politics, Producer or Worker, Technology, Social Enterprise, Global NewsDotCoop, the sponsor of the .coop domain name, has announced the winners of its Global Awards for the promotion of 'Co-operative Excellence' through the internet.
NCBA Newsfeed
+ Credit Unions, Financial, PoliticsThree congressmen offered their support for credit union tax-exempt status in a letter sent to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the...
NCBA Newsfeed
+ Credit Unions, Financial, PoliticsThree congressmen offered their support for credit union tax-exempt status in a letter sent to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the...
Anthony Murray
+ Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Mutuals, PoliticsThe National Cooperative Development Act has been introduced into the US Congress, which could inject $25 million into support cooperatives across the country. Introduced by Congressman Chaka Fattah, the Democratic representative for...
Paul Hazen
+ Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Politics, Regional Organisations, TechnologyCo-operators across the United States are being urged to put their full support behind the National Cooperative Development Act by encouraging political Representatives to commit to the Bill. Here, National Cooperative Business Association Chief...
Co-operative News
+ Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Mutuals, Politics, Regional OrganisationsSupporters of the National Cooperative Development Act can encourage their political Representative to show a committment towards the legislation by filling in this form, powered by PopVox. The National Cooperative Business Association, which...
Anthony Murray
+ Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, Mutuals, PoliticsCongressman Chaka Fattah introduced the National Cooperative Development Act along with three other supporters from the House. The Democratic representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd district, Congressman Fattah is Congressional leader for...
Anthony Murray
+ Co-operatives, PoliticsNational Cooperative Development Act of 2011 Section by Section Summary SEC.1. SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as the "National Cooperative Development Act of 2011". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 1. Lists the benefits of...
Lisa Stolarski
+ Co-operatives, Community, Consumer, Democracy, Energy, Education, Politics, Health, Housing, Social EnterpriseRepresentative Chaka Fattah (D–Penn.) has been working closely with members of Cooperation Works! and NCBA to create legislation that will more than double the national capacity for co-op development and provide federal funding for...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyOn December 7th, Francisco VanDerhoffBoersma, co-founder of the first fair trade certifying body, Max Havelaar, and the renowned small farmer co-operative in Mexico, UCIRI (Union of Indigenous Communities of the Region of Isthmus) submitted the...
IPS News
+ Democracy, Education, Politics, Health, Social EnterpriseAnalysis by Ben Case NEW YORK, Oct 24 (IPS) - The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has withstood political pressure, bad weather, police violence, and over a thousand arrests, and is continuing to grow in New York City a month...
Joe Marraffino
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Business, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Financial, Mutuals, Politics, Health, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Housing, Social Enterprise, Economy, Global News, Society"This course provides an introduction to the modern cooperative movement. (More than 800 million people around the world are members of co-operatives, including an estimated 1 in 4 Americans) Our goal is to acquaint students with the historical...
Joe Marraffino
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Business, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Financial, Mutuals, Politics, Health, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Economy, Global News, SocietyImmanuel Ness reports, via the Luxembburg Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxiz, on the 2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy. "The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD) held its biannual conference in Baltimore, Maryland from...
Joe Marraffino
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Financial, Politics, Health, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Economy, Global News, Society"After years of waiting on a Brooklyn street corner trying to land jobs cleaning houses, Teresa Bucio decided there had to be a better way to earn a living. Like dozens of Latina immigrants, Ms. Bucio, 33, used to stand at the corner of...
Jeff Goldman
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Consumer, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe Coordinating Committee of United Students for Fair Trade is happy to announce the date and location of the 2012 USFT National Conference….. March 2-4, 2012 at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. What topics would you like to...
Joe Marraffino
+ Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Business, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Education, Financial, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Politics, Health, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Economy, Global News, SocietySolidarity Economy: Building Alternatives for People and Planet is a book of papers and reports from the 2007 U.S. Social Forum. "The emergence of the global grassroots economic structural reform movement known as the Solidarity Economy. This book...
Nancy Jorgensen
and others + Co-operatives, Community, Consumer, Development, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Mutuals, Fairtrade, Politics, Producer or Worker, Housing, Social Enterprise, SocietySustainability means different things to different people. For most, it simply involves being environmentally friendly. However, there is more to sustainability than immediate environmental impact. A practice may do less damage in the short run...
Rodney North
+ Agriculture, Co-operatives, Global Affairs, Development, Environment, Fairtrade, Politics, History, Social Enterprise, Global News, SocietyThe following is an abridged version of the original article that was posted on the blog June 7th. “We were willing to continue selling our bananas to Dole. We just also wanted to develop our own markets and sell to them directly. We wanted to...
Charles Gould
+ Global Affairs, Consumer, ICA, Democracy, Financial, Politics, Regional Organisations, Social Enterprise, Global NewsI’ve had a couple of opportunities already in my short tenure as Director-General of the International Co-operative Alliance to attend gatherings of UK members. Each time I’ve come away with a renewed appreciation and admiration for the roots of...
Co-operative News
+ Banking and Insurance, Democracy, Politics, Social EnterpriseTHE Co-operative Insurance Society has joined an elite group of institutional investors, worth over £ 1.75 trillion, who are making a stand for corporate transparency. The group's target is to boost transparency standards in the oil...
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