The  cooperative circles in Orissa are in jitters  as  the Supreme Court has stayed the Orissa high court order quashing the  state govt nominated councils  for managing the cooperative banks in the state. The latter had earlier challenged the high court order in the apex court. It is noteworthy that Orissa govt had  constituted its own councils for managing the cooperative banks as it was not happy with the way the so-called elected councils were running them. However, the cooperative ...

Author:  Thane Joyal When many retail food cooperatives were formed in the 1970s, the distinctions among worker cooperatives, consumer cooperatives and not-for-profit corporations were not considered to be barriers to doing business in a culture of cooperation. Regardless of the legal form used to organize the business, in retail food co-ops across the country, members commonly worked, carrying out a wide variety of tasks such as stocking shelves, ...

Believing contrary pointy of view as soul of democracy we produce below the reaction of Shri Ashok Dabas on the article ” Open spat at NFCL programme at NCUI I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE MANNER, THE EVENT IS COVERED BY SOME REPOERTER OF THIS PORTAL. THE SAME IS NOT IN GOOD TASTE AND IT APPEARS THAT IT IS AIMED TO CREATE DIFFERENCES WITH LATENT PURPOSE. TRUTH IS ALWAYS TRUTH AND SHALL PREVAIL. I HAVE GIVEN ABOUT TWENTY YEARS OF MY LIFE TO THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE LABOUR COOPEARTIVE ...

Socorro attorneys Thomas Fitch and Polly Tausch filed a response to Socorro Electric Cooperatives motion to reconsider awarding attorney fees in the case of the co-op suing its member owners. The preliminary case was decided in May when a New Mexico Supreme Court-appointed district judge ruled against Socorro Electric in its attempt to block new bylaws that require the co-op operate with greater transparency. Judge Albert J. Mitchell Jr. later ordered the co-op to pay $13,000 in attorney fees ...