Meet the Pioneers, a new resource for schools is shining a light on the lives of the Rochdale Pioneers, ordinary working people who got together to improve their lives by setting up a co-operative grocery store. Their shop, on Toad Lane, Rochdale, in North West England, is now widely regarded as the birthplace of the […]
The Co-operative College
The Co-operative College is an educational charity which works from its home in Manchester with learners and co-operatives all over the world, from schoolchildren to African worker co-operatives. The Co-operative College is dedicated to the promotion of Co-operative values, ideas and principles within co-operatives, communities and society, from managing the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, birthplace of […]
Hippies ride co-op to the next level
The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saint or sinner, who can resist the bicycle. William Saroyan This quote from the Pulitzer Prize winning, Californian novelist is proudly displayed by the Edinburgh […]
The History of the CFC, Bozeman
The Community Food Co-op has come a long way from its humble beginnings on South Wallace Avenue in Bozeman, Montana. What was started by a few people on the fringe looking for a way to buy cheap rice has grown to a $15 million + business employing over 200 workers, with continual growth. In 1979, […]
Community Food Co-op
We are a natural foods cooperative, the largest in Montana, with over 15,000 member-owners. Open to members and public alike, we invite you to see all we have to offer including: a spectacular selection of fresh, organic produce, local and organic meats, fresh, environmentally acquired seafood, an extensive selection of organic, non-GMO and bulk groceries […]
Hôtel du Nord, the cooperative hospitality
In 2010, eight heritage communities decided to create a heritage cooperative to make use of the economic potential of the cultural heritage of the northern districts of Marseilles and run a Hôtel du Nord project in a democratic way. Hôtel du Nord cooperative invites you to discover Marseille by the North: bed and breakfast, solidarity […]
People Helping Pets!
COMSTAR Federal Credit union in Frederick, MD, loves pets-and it shows! On Friday, June 24, 2011, COMSTAR celebrated Take Your Dog To Work day. We planned a special series of fun events to celebrate the day and our new health insurance for pets (VPI). Our celebration included: -Coolest pet on the black contest -Dog adoption […]
Birmingham Bike Foundry – United Kingdom
Cycling is inexpensive, environmentally friendly, good exercise, often faster than public transport, reduces traffic congestion … What’s not to like? Unfortunately public policy is not always bicycle-oriented, and many people, especially women, are unwilling to get on a bike. A workers’ cooperative that recycles bikes and offers cycle training, Birmingham Bike Foundry is hoping to convince […]
Argentinean workers take destiny in own hands
UST is the story of how 34 workers turned the tables on Argentinas largest multinational company. Techint may have been involved in more than 100 businesses around the world but the thorn in its side in the late 1990s was a business in its home patch, in a place called Villa Domínico, just south of […]
Cooperativa de Trabajo Unión Solidaria de Trabajadores (UST)
Unión Solidaria de Trabajadores (Solidarity Gathering of Workers, or UST) became a worker cooperative in 2003 as the plants formerly state-contracted workers faced job flexibilization and dismissals. Formally, UST is involved in parks maintenance for the municipality of Avellaneda and the management of the large, state-run landfill located in the neighbourhoods Villa Domínico and Wilde. […]