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Platform co-op launched to encourage collective saving

Kin.coop is attempting to take the traditional savings club model into the digital world

India launches co-op taxi service to take on Uber and Ola

Announced by the government in a bid to improve services, Sakhar Taxi Cooperative is backed by…

International Labour Conference closer to new standard on platform work

Delegates highlighted the value of the co-op model in driving decent work and helping to formalise…

Coop Exchange appoints Shaun Tarbuck as chair 

'Coop Exchange can enable the growth needed in our sector to deliver better societal outcomes'

Co-op solutions to the problems caused by short-term rentals

Airbnb and other platforms have been accused of inflating rents and hollowing out communities – but…

Patio: a global community of tech co-operatives 

'These folks know their technology, are committed to the co-operative ecosystem and know how to enjoy…

2024 End of Year Q&A: Trebor Scholz

Founding director, Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) at the New School, New York

2024 End of Year Q&A: Dr Carlos Zarco 

President, International Health Cooperative Organisation

From member-managed LLC to co-op reform for inclusive economies

An article by Trebor Scholz, Anne-Pauline De Cler, Michelle Lee, Morshed Mannan, Stefano Tortorici, looking for…

Implications of the new European Platform Work Directive for co-ops

The directive marks 'a great step towards a fairer platform economy’, says Cecop

Can co-ops address AI labour inequities in East Africa?

Trebor Scholz, founding director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium, writes from the organisation's conference in Mombasa,…

Meet… Mansib Rahman, co-founder of food delivery co-op Radish

'The goal was to challenge the Deliveroos and the Ubers of the world. And since then,…