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It was not the news Canadian co-operators wanted to hear during the International Year of Co-operatives. Canada's co-operative movement learned this week that the country's only national program devoted to co-op development, the Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI), is being ended by the Canadian government, a victim of deficit-cutting measures in the government's 2012-13 budget. In addition, the size of the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat, the office within ...

Our office is flooded with phone calls from persons working in the field projects of National Cooperative Union of India. They have not received salaries for last the 3-4 months and their future hangs in the balance. Caught in the cross-fire of Agricultural Ministry’s babus and obstinate cooperative leaders these poor fellows do not know where to go, what to do. Indian Cooperative is also in no position to help them. Ministry insists that without making suitable changes in the bye-laws ...

Some armed criminals hit an honest cooperative official on his head with a rod with the express intention of killing him in Bangalore, according to local police. S.P.Mahantesh , deputy director  working in the department  of cooperative  audit  is seriously injured and being kept on life support system in a hospital in the city. Sources say most of the cooperative societies are synonymous with graft and fraudulent activities. The Mafiosi controlling them are so powerful that they can go to ...

Courtesy of Fast Company, the world's leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design. Hippie Capitalism: How An Impoverished U.S. City Is Building An Economy On Co-ops With sky-high unemployment, Richmond, California, is not a place where traditional business models alone can dent poverty. The city has turned to co-ops in hopes that people who might be unemployable in the traditional ...

Co-ops around the world joined together to support World Fairtrade Day on Saturday 12 May, Ireland has had a busy week for co-ops as they held a national conference and in the UK a digital arts festival celebrating co-operation and collaboration started on Wednesday. #storify-minimal{font-family:'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;color:#333;} #storify-minimal a{color:#429ec6} #storify-minimal a:hover{text-decoration:none} #storify-minimal ...