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==About== | ==About== | ||
A [[co-operative business]] is a particular type of [[co-operative organization]] that is intended to function as a business. | A [[co-operative business]] is a particular type of [[co-operative organization]] that is intended to function as a business. | ||
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| + | ==Related== | ||
| + | * [[co-operative businesses]]: directory | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
* {{wikipedia|cooperative}}: includes information about voluntary co-ops | * {{wikipedia|cooperative}}: includes information about voluntary co-ops | ||
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| + | ''For a list of co-operative businesses, see [[co-operative businesses]].'' | ||
====United States==== | ====United States==== | ||
* [http://www.veoc.org Vermont Employee Ownership Center] | * [http://www.veoc.org Vermont Employee Ownership Center] | ||
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* [http://neweconomy.net/content/how-start-worker-co-op How To Start A Worker Co-op]: not sure where the actual information is | * [http://neweconomy.net/content/how-start-worker-co-op How To Start A Worker Co-op]: not sure where the actual information is | ||
* [http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/stats/uscoopbus05.pdf Cooperative Businesses In the United States... A 2005 Snapshot] (PDF) | * [http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/stats/uscoopbus05.pdf Cooperative Businesses In the United States... A 2005 Snapshot] (PDF) | ||
| + | ===News=== | ||
| + | * '''2013-02-19''' [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-cooperatives-are-driving-the-new-economy/the-economy-under-new-ownership The Economy: Under New Ownership] How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities. | ||
| + | * '''2013-04-06''' [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15570-mexican-workers-win-ownership-of-tire-plant-with-three-year-strike Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant With Three-Year Strike] "Taking over their plant was not the workers’ idea. Continental Tire proposed to sell it to them—after the union backed management into a corner so tight the owners wanted nothing more to do with it. But to get to that point workers had to wage a three-year strike and what we in the U.S. call a “comprehensive campaign.” Workers say it was not just one tactic that won the day, but a combination of relentless pressures." | ||
| + | * '''2013-05-09''' [http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/9/chicago_workers_open_new_cooperatively_owned#en Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation] | ||
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About
A co-operative business is a particular type of co-operative organization that is intended to function as a business.
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Related
- co-operative businesses: directory
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia: includes information about voluntary co-ops
Projects
For a list of co-operative businesses, see co-operative businesses.
United States
- Vermont Employee Ownership Center
- Why are Worker Cooperatives So Rare? "This paper argues that worker cooperatives are prone to redistribution among members, and that this redistribution distorts incentives."
- US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
- How To Start A Worker Co-op: not sure where the actual information is
- Cooperative Businesses In the United States... A 2005 Snapshot (PDF)
News
- 2013-02-19 The Economy: Under New Ownership How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities.
- 2013-04-06 Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant With Three-Year Strike "Taking over their plant was not the workers’ idea. Continental Tire proposed to sell it to them—after the union backed management into a corner so tight the owners wanted nothing more to do with it. But to get to that point workers had to wage a three-year strike and what we in the U.S. call a “comprehensive campaign.” Workers say it was not just one tactic that won the day, but a combination of relentless pressures."
- 2013-05-09 Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation