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Democracy, you’re on mute: A co-op alternative to Zoom

The Online Meeting Cooperative use open source software, with hardware powered by renewable energy

New drive for co-op democracy from the members up

Members for Cooperation wants to encourage the movement to do more to grow its ownership models…

French employment agency revokes employer licence for Smart co-op

The platform co-op says Pôle Emploi Services does not understand its model and called the decision…

New York taxi drivers launch fundraiser for platform co-op

Drivers Cooperative wants to offer a fairer alternative to platforms such as Uber and Lyft

Worker co-ops featured in European report on new tech and digitisation

The social economy can play a key role in driving digitisation, argues the report

How Covid-19 bailouts failed non-standard and platform co-op workers

A report from Cecop calls for new measures to recognise non-standard workers in the European economy

Platform co-op Fairbnb launches Covid-19 relief campaign

Lockdown is a challenge for the business but hosts are offering accommodation to health workers and…

Platform co-op mutual credit system launches in the UK

The Open Credit Network (OCN) lets members trade with each other without conventional money

Ethical challenges for co-ops in the modern retail world

From the need to build industry partnerships to new entrants to the ethical market and the…

Trust busting: How can the tech giants be limited to give co-ops room to grow?

New regulation is needed to give platform co-ops a level playing field in a world dominated…

Book review: Why benevolent oligarchs are no substitute for democracy

A critical look at the modern trend for philanthropic capitalism, which says co-operation is a more…

More room for taxi co-ops as Uber loses its London licence?

'The more regulators take action against abusive monopolies, the more opportunities there will be for platform…