Tag: Cooperative
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Maleny – A Cooperative Place
Between the beauty of the place and its many cooperatives, tailored to the needs of its citizens, Maleny seems like a great place to live. Kamala Alister writes: Maleny is situated 100 kilometers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia. It is surrounded by lush tropical vegetation, has stunning views of the Glass…
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Shift Change Trailer
Shift Change is a new documentary (to have its world premiere on October 18, 2012, in Oakland, CA) that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain. The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the “International Year of the Cooperative.” Take a look at the preview and please…
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Marketing Co-op Seen as Last Defense Against Free Trade
Why do governments sign these trade agreements that negatively impact their local producers? This article by Jimmy Laking, in the Phillipine Baguia Midland Courier, underscores the need to strengthen farmers marketing cooperatives to cope with the onslaught of vegetable products from China, that will flood the market, when the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement comes into…
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Cooperatives Cont’d. – The Emilia Romagna Cooperatives in Italy
If you are interested in an alternative econonic model to the traditional corporate capitalism practiced in the US, you’ll find this presentation informative and uplifting. It highlights the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy which is one of the richest in Europe. Emilia-Romagna is also one of the most cooperative regions in the world. Nearly two out…
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GritTV Cooperative Series: Beyond Care Childcare Cooperative
http://blip.tv/grittv/a-co-op-seriesl-beyond-care-childcare-cooperative-6618562 Domestic workers, such as housekeepers, home care aides, and nannies help with the day-to-day upkeep of family life. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 90% of home care health aides are women, 56% percent are women of color and 28% are foreign born having migrated from Latin America and the Caribbean. In…
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National Cooperative Bank completes $30 million loan to housing co-op founded in 1927 by Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial services company dedicated to providing banking products to cooperatives nationwide, just completed a $30 million loan for Amalgamated Houses in the Bronx, New York. The country’s oldest limited equity cooperative secured the loan to refinance approximately $8.5 million of existing debt and $19.6 million to bolster its reserves and undertake…
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GRITtv Spotlights Cooperatives in the Month of July
For the month of July, GRITtv will spotlight a few cooperatives that are growing an alternative economy. This week they are airing Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young of the documentary Shift Change which explores existing cooperatives in the U.S. “Cooperatives in the United States have existed more or less under the radar. Taking many forms: worker cooperatives, housing…
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Students Must Learn About Cooperative Business Models
June 9, 2013by: Kenny Bavoso Entrepreneurship is the main thing that is taught in business schools. A good business does not encourage being employed but generates a want among students to be their own boss. What most business schools fail to understand is that behavior is the key to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial education should ultimately impart values,…
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