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25 May '13

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Peter Hunt says the UK government is giving its support to the mutual sector

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Global NewsThe mutual revolution: UK statistics revealed

The scale and impact of the UK’s mutual sector is revealed in the recently published Mutuals Yearbook, launched by campaigning group Mutuo at its annual conference in ...

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Global NewsCo-operatives make for a happy place to work

Co-operatives are businesses run by the people, for the people; so it makes sense that all those connected to co-operatives are more likely to be much happier.

Paloma Arroyo, General Secretary of Coceta

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FranceWomen in worker co-ops receive equal pay, while private sector has wage imbalance

Although inequality in pay between men and women remains high in Europe, a new survey shows that salaries in worker co-operatives tend to foster gender equality.

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PortugalEuropean cooperative organizations develop a project to encourage partnerships, internationalization and innovation

Cooperative organizations and institutions from Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Greece are involved in a European project that aims to establish a common strategy that enhances transnational consortia, internationalization and innovation of cooperative enterprises and other employee-owned enterprises in the Mediterranean. They are identifying best practices through improving public policies to encourage innovation in cooperative entrepreneurship, defining transnational coordination between ...

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Paul Singer speaking at the event in Marseille

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Global News1,000 co-operators celebrate Global Worker Co-op Day

More than 1,000 participants came together to debate the role of worker co-ops for Global Worker Co-operative Day in Marseille on 16 November.

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PolandWatch 'Together' the documentary about worker co-operatives

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Watch the full version of the documentary TOGETHER here.

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Global NewsIFFCO bags pride of place in UN-ICA ranking

“We are no different from the so called corporate” was how Dr U S Awasthi, Managing Director of IFFCO reacted when the cooperative giant from India was ranked amongst the top 100 cooperatives in the world in the ICA Global 300 report released by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), a UN body. The report ranked IFFCO at the 95th position overall and at the 20th position in the Agriculture and Food Industries sector. “It’s always heartening to get recognition for one’s ...

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FranceOver 2500 mutual delegates will attend the 40th FNMF Conference

The 40th Congress of ICMIF member FNMF (Fédération nationale de la mutualité française, also known as Mutualité Francaise) will be held in Nice from October, 18 to 20, and over 2500 delegates are expected to attend from all the mutual member organisations of FNMF across France. The theme of this year’s Conference is “Access to healthcare; what role for Mutuality? What role for mutuals?” There is also a report with the same title released by FNMF for this year’s conference. For the ...

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Global NewsMust-see events of October 10

An effective and evolving business model: There you have it – the theme for yet another exciting day of compelling events and new ideas about the relevance of the cooperative movement, that will remind us once again of “The Amazing Power of Cooperatives.” When the curtain rises at 8:30 a.m., come check out the opening conference with Huguette Labelle, President of Transparency International, Canada and Charles Gould, Director General of the International Co-operative Alliance ...

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Global NewsMust-see events of October 10

An effective and evolving business model: There you have it – the theme for yet another exciting day of compelling events and new ideas about the relevance of the cooperative movement, that will remind us once again of “The Amazing Power of Cooperatives.” When the curtain rises at 8:30 a.m., come check out the opening conference with Huguette Labelle, President of Transparency International, Canada and Charles Gould, Director General of the International Co-operative Alliance ...

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