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May Day 2020: A Day of Solidarity and Support
Normally, I see May Day as the international workers holiday. It would, in my view, be an international paid holiday where nobody labors and celebrates the value of people. A number of worker co-ops close to celebrate (Rainbow Grocery Co-op … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Blueprint, Movement, Society, worker co-ops
Tagged community, covid-19, worker co-ops
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Human Dignity
“We should begin by considering all humans as citizens of equal dignity and destiny.”
“The destiny of each one of us is linked to that of others”
–Don José María Arizmendiarrieta
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a … Continue reading
Posted in Human Relations, Pensimientos, worker co-ops
Tagged Arizmenidiaretta, covid-19, human dignity
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The Unnamed Co-op Value: Gritty
Calvin Coolidge, the US President that symbolized the 1920s, has been credited with this statement: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; … Continue reading
Posted in American Dream, worker co-ops
Tagged covid-19, gritty, perseverance, self-help, self-responsibility, solidarity, values
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Are We Not Owners? We Are Workers!
Last Winter, Fifty by Fifty ran a series of blog posts about the sale of the ESOP New Belgium Brewery to Kirin. It was a great series of posts of which I was honored to participate. This was and is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, worker co-ops
Tagged ESOPs, membership, Ownership, worker co-ops, worker ownership
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Sociocracy: The Worker Co-op Operating System
Over the last couple of years, I have had the incredible opportunity to work with Sociocracy For All (SoFA). This organization has worked diligently to bring the concepts of sociocracy out of the “best kept secret” category and into the … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Management, worker co-ops
Tagged Management, participatory management, sociocracy, union cab
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The Worker Co-op Movement in 2040: Revisited
Ten years ago, when I was blogging much more regularly, I wrote a series on envisioning the worker co-op movement in 2040. You can read them here. As the Co-op Decade comes to a conclusion over the next couple of … Continue reading
Posted in 2040, Co-op Blueprint, Movement, Pensimientos, worker co-ops
Tagged 2040, co-op cities, the future, worker co-ops
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The Legal Framework
The 4th goal of the Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade has also showed significant advancement since 2010. This goal states, “ensure supportive legal framework for cooperative growth”.
At the state level, the spread of Limited Cooperative Association (LCA) acts have gained … Continue reading
All Systems Go! Working Systems Co-op
In July of 2018, while the Main Street Employee Ownership Act was working its way into the Omnibus Defense Bill and NWCDC was preparing its Legacy Project aimed at raising the profile of worker ownership, I got a call from … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, worker co-ops
Tagged conversions, Cooperatives, development, techcoops
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My 2nd Birthplace: Union Cab of Madison 40 years on
I am a bit glad that this post came so late in the month. I needed some time to get back in the practice of blogging before taking tackling this–so many thoughts and emotions run though my mind that this … Continue reading
Posted in Co-op Month, Management, worker co-ops
Tagged Democracy, self-responsibility, solidarity, taxicabs, union cab, worker coops
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Co-op Accounting: Business Services Co-op
One of the major contradictions that worker co-ops need to grapple with arises with the way they are forced to manage the books. For instance, if a co-op’s mission is living wages and a safe work environment, those mission items … Continue reading