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Uber and Lyft drivers in Minneapolis consider co-op launch

The local union is looking to join the Drivers' Cooperative after the ride-share platforms threatened to…

EU closer to adopting new regulations for the platform economy

Cecop says this is ‘a positive outcome for co-operatives engaged in platform work’

Co-op Group announces delivery partnership with Uber Direct

The move is part of a wider retail sector trend for working with tech platforms, which…

Book review: Nathan Schneider looks for ways to democratise online spaces

'The ways people can and cannot collectively self-govern in daily online life ... have been constrained…

Artisans Cooperative: Makers making their own marketplace

'There are a lot of people with various diversities, differences, disabilities, and everyone is accepted and…

Research fellowships offered on co-op principles in the digital economy

The year-long fellowship is offered by the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy, at the New…

End of year Q&A: Nathan Schneider, organiser, Exit to Community

'Without generalised, large-scale capital access for mutualist enterprise, the rising generation of the co‑operative movement will…

Platform Cooperativism conference in India charts new course for digital equality

The event issued the Thiruvananthapuram Declaration calling for shared ownership of technological resources to foster inclusive,…

Platform co-op looks to show a better way forward on AI

As experts warn of the dangers posed by artificial intelligence, Cosy AI looks to create a…

Meet … R. Trebor Scholz, founding director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

'While the co-operative principles have the potential to profoundly transform the digital economy, co-operatives are, in…

Book review: Can platform co-ops bring democracy to the digital economy?

In his new book, Trebor Scholz suggests adapting co-operation to meet the challenges of the digital…

Co-operatives UK announces winners of the £10k UnFound business accelerator

The funding will be shared between platform co-ops Deep Time, the Flower Grower Collective, Grassroots City…