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Worker co-ops
Worker co-ops
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PoliticsEO tax benefits must be extended to worker co-ops, government urged
Workers.coop and Co-operatives UK want employee ownership incentives to include more options for businesses and workers
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PoliticsStudy published in Lancet finds health and wellbeing benefits from Preston model
'Our research indicates that an approach focused on community wealth building may be more effective at achieving wellbeing improvements'
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HousingCanadian housing and worker co-op apexes among winners of national sector awards
Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada handed out the annual awards, including two new categories, at its recent congress in Ottawa
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EnvironmentWholefood pioneer Suma sets out sustainability goals in annual report
The co-op has sustainability goals based around six key areas: Net zero, zero waste, nature, decent work, healthy and sustainable diets, and education and engagement
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Worker co-opsSarah de Heusch appointed director of Social Economy Europe
Joining the organisation from platform co-op Smart, de Heusch pledges to grow the network and keep the social economy high on the EU agenda
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Worker co-opsWhat support do worker buyouts need in their fight for a better future of work?
A look at the challenges facing worker co-ops VioMe in Greece and Ceramiche Noi in Italy, and at efforts to improve the legal framework for the model
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EqualityMore than a paycheque: How can co-ops offer a better future of work?
Worker-owned businesses in Cincinnati, the UK's Bright Future programme for modern slavery survivors and SEWA in India show the co-op model at work
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Worker co-opsLooking back on the first year of the UK’s worker co-op body
'We wanted to provide extra opportunities and have a much more decentralised network of individual workers,' says John Atherton of workers.coop
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Worker co-opsMeet … Diana Dovgan, secretary general of Cecop and Cicopa
'The most exciting and stimulating part of my work is meeting and speaking with co-ops and co-operators ... it feeds your motivation and knowledge'
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TechnologyNext steps for co-op alternatives in the gig economy
A report by the ILO highights the potential of platform co-ops like the UK's Chorlton Bike Deliveries to offer better quality employment
