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26 May '13

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  • Mergers help farmers achieve $1bn income
    The largest co-op in the US is unknown to most Americans — but it is a critical element of the country’s economy. CHS Inc. is a farmer-owned co-op headquartered in...
United States What happened when co-operatives went to the White House?
On May 4th, for the first time in US history, the White House held a national briefing for the...
United States Film-Makers Cooperative celebrates independent cinema
The main purpose of the Film-Makers Cooperative is to provide an alternative to the mainstream...
United States Co-ops unite across the US to 'Fix the Future'
Leaders of local organisations including worker co-operatives, community banks, local business...
United States Anchor institutions could help to further co-operative development
A recent report by The Democracy Collaborative shows how anchor institutions can make a difference...
United KingdomBritish firms can be saved by employee ownership, says Deputy Prime Minister

Employee ownership was highlighted as the saviour of British businesses by the Government, alongside proposals to establish a FTSE Index of the top employee owned ...

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Spain4,100 workers become partners of co-operation within Eroski Group

"Its co-operative nature gives Eroski a strong personality that emanates from its constitution and not from a cyclical and opportunistic marketing perspective," ...

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Global NewsSud Vendée Paysages

The original enterprise located in Sainte-Hermine, active in landscape planning and management, had been established as a limited liability company in 1980 by a married couple. In 2006, as the couple was reaching retirement age, they started looking for an acquirer. At that moment, the enterprise had 11 employees and they were informed about the handover plan. The employees agreed with the idea and all of them decided to take part in the adventure and become worker-members of the new ...

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Global NewsThank Feminism For Millennials’ Cooperative, Liberal Spirit

Why are millennials so cooperative, confident, and liberal-leaning compared to their older peers? Thank feminism, says Amanda Marcotte. See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives | ...

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Global NewsWorkers' cooperatives: Cooperatives today: Challenges and opportunities

RT @incipecoop The International Labour Organization writes on the potentials of workers' co-ops: http://t.co/9hpyez2Gc4 via @ILONEWS #coops See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives ...

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Global NewsExchange of experiences between Japan and South Korea

Representatives from "1318 Happy Zone”, a South Korean network of after-school programme centers, visited the cooperative Tachibana Children's Hall, established in 2006 and located in Tokyo, in order to share and learn from their experiences. - News / Asia, Portada

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Global NewsFond du Lac (Wisconsin) Becomes 32nd FTT in U.S.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, with a population of 44,000, is the 32nd city in the US to be named a Fair Trade Town, and the 3rd in Wisconsin. More at Fond du Lac Event post

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ItalyRebuilding the areas hit by the earthquake in Italy!

An example of inter cooperation, the “Consorzio RicostruiaMO” (or “Rebuild Consortium”) has been officially created. Its aim is to contribute, along with the government, citizens, and technicians, to the reconstruction of the Modena area, which was hit by the earthquake in May 2012. - News / Europa, Portada

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ArgentinaBrutal eviction of the workers of an Argentinian Graphic Cooperative

On 14 May, employees of the Graphic Cooperative MOM, former Lanci Printing, in Buenos Aires (Argentina), were “brutally evicted by the Metropolitan Police that arrested 15 of them”, according the Federation of Worker Cooperatives in Argentina, FECOOTRA. - News / América, Portada

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Global NewsCelulosas y Papel, S. Coop. And.

A successful example of a failed enterprise transformed into a cooperative is the cooperative “Celulosas y Pepel”, located Mollina, a rural town of Andalusia with 5000 inhabitants, in the South of Spain. The cooperative was created in February 2010 after the bankruptcy of CEDEMOLL, active in the production of cellulose and paper for more than 25 years. In particular, four former workers of CEDEMOLL created the “Celulosas y Papel”, which now has doubled the number of workers since its ...

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