The Citizens Trade Campaign invites people to join its initiative to oppose the TPP and fast tracking: In his State of the Union speech, President Obama claimed that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will “boost American exports, support Americans jobs and level the playing field.” Please take action now to let Congress know you don’t buy it. The legacy of trade pacts on which the TPP is modeled has clearly been one of job destruction, not job creation. Since the Korea-US Free ...

President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cooperative Business Association Michael Beall has announced the Association’s support of the Credit Union Small Business Jobs bill (H.R. 1418 and S. 2231). NCBA is the US national association for cooperative business enterprise and represents cooperatives of all types and in all industries, including credit unions, which are financial cooperatives.   Beall, acting on behalf of the more than 29,000 cooperative businesses in the United ...

Cooperative movement in India is indeed strong as is proved by the fact that even a state is capable of holding cooperative congress without any central support. Thrissur in Kerala would host the four day 7th cooperative congress beginning on 14th November. The country’s  Defence Minister A.K.Antony would inaugurate the conference. Earlier, in the beginning of the International Cooperative Year, Madhya Pradesh held a world cooperative congress with the help of Sahkar ...