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CICOPA’s Declaration on migrants and refugees
Since my last post on January 23, I had been wondering how to address some of the actions that have happened since in terms of the worker cooperative identity. Fortunately for me, my friends at the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation … Continue reading
Posted in Human Relations, Movement, World Declaration
Tagged CICOPA, Cooperatives, economics, Human Nature, social responsibiity, solidarity
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A New Year with Feathers
The coming year brings, as always, hope. Given the rhetoric of the last year, that might seem a rather odd statement, but even if you feel that the abundance of hope has diminished, it still exists.
Indeed, in some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Year of the Co-op
Tagged Antigonish, Cooperatives, hope, innovation, mondragon, rochdale, self-help
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Worker Development Brings a Better World
REFLECTION NO. 276
Work is the attribute that gives a person the highest honor of being a cooperator of God in the transformation and fertilization of nature and in the resulting promotion of human well-being. That people exercise their faculty of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Relations, Pensimientos, Reflections, Society
Tagged Cooperatives, pope francis, principles, solidarity
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Pope Francis and Co-operatives
Tomorrow, Pope Francis arrives for his first visit to the United States. This pope, hailing from Argentina, brings with him a message for all of us in terms of building our economies–the quest for wealth needs to be more than … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Relations, Reflections
Tagged Arizmenidiaretta, christianity, Cooperatives, Human Nature, pope francis
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We Need to Reclaim “The Sharing Economy”
There has been a lot of discussion of late regarding the so-called “sharing economy”. This phrase refers, generally, to organizations such as Uber, Lyft, AirBnB, and others that provide an on-line broker service so that people can monetize practically everything … Continue reading
Posted in Movement, Society
Tagged capitalism, Cooperatives, development, economics, Human Nature, labor movement, sharing economy, unioncoops
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The Things We Know
This weekend I noticed a posting from a friend, colleague and mentor of mine: Tom Webb. He had found an old write up called The Things We Know. I am not sure of the source of this document, but if … Continue reading
Posted in The Things We Know
Tagged Cooperatives, Management, principles, social responsibiity
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Markets Can Be Healthy
As part of my studies this semester, I am reading the English edition of Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization* by Stefano and Vera Zamagni.
In their opening chapters, they lead a discussion about the nature of cooperation (from their … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Movement
Tagged capitalism, Cooperatives, economics, Education, free market
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The Open Door Policy of Worker Co-operatives
The 6th Principle of Co-operatives is called, somewhat reflexively, “Co-operation Among Co-operatives.” I have talked about this in a previous post. Today, I want to focus on it from a different perspective provided to us by the spiritual guide of … Continue reading
Posted in Pensimientos
Tagged consumer coops, Cooperatives, Human Nature, principles, US Federation, wisconsin
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#25: The Internationalist Nature of Co-operatives
Over the last 6 months, I have been working my way through the Statement on the Co-operative Identity that the International Co-operative Alliance adopted at the 1995 meeting which also commemorated its first century of service. This statement solidified the … Continue reading
#12 The Principles of Co-operation
The Co-operative Difference, which creates the Co-operative Advantage, results from the creation of the Co-operative Principles.
The Principles have been with the Co-operative Movement since the success of Rochdale Society of Pioneers. Most of us know the story, after several attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Statement Series
Tagged co-op day, Cooperatives, Management, principles
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