Articles in Producer or Worker

As a keen observer of the cooperative movement for the past 30 years, the British writer and financial journalist Andrew Bibby has extensive knowledge of cooperatives and mutuals. In addition to publishing several books and working for various newspapers and magazines, Bibby has also undertaken work for the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), the International Labour Organization (ILO – Coop branch), Co-operatives UK and the Cooperative Group*. We asked him to trace the milestones ...

The following summary is offered by FTRN, and not by the Organizing Committee nor full Council: Around 50 people representing some of the Fair Trade movement held a summit April 30 – May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis. Important dialogue & learning progressed among diverse stakeholders, including certifiers/standard setters (Fairtrade International – via Fairtrade Canada representative), Fair Trade USA, IMO Fair for Life, Agricultural Justice Project) who participated in just the final ...

Cooperative and mutualist researchers are invited to respond to two calls for scientific papers, the deadlines for which are fast approaching. In 2012, two international organizations will be holding major events at which they will be presenting scientific papers: - The European Association of Co-Operative Banks (EACB) will hold their 5th convention in Belgium in December. - The New Zealand Association for the Study of Cooperatives and Mutuals (NZASCM) is organizing a research conference to be ...