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SPECIAL: The deal between Mondragon and the United Steelworkers

Oct. 27, 2009: The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A. today announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishing MONDRAGON cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within the United States and Canada.

Go to GEO's meta-page on this historic agreement

Conferences, Events & Gatherings

Notable Quotes heard at the USFWC conference in Berkeley Aug. 6-8, 2010

 There was so many rich quotes from the national worker cooperative conference that took place in Berkeley last weekend.  Many got lost in my unreadable handwriting.

Here are only a few that I was able to capture: 

 

hilary abell

"This isn't for everyone.  Co-ops are awesome."

--Hilary Abell, WAGES Executive Director.

 

patricia Feraud Toxic soil busters

"They say that young people are the future, but they don't treat us like that.  It's like we're a burden. ...We're the leaders of today, not just tomorrow."

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Deeper Meanings of Cooperation

"How do we refashion ourselves as humans and deal with co-workers who either won't or can't refashion themselves."--Rebecca Kemble, Union Cab of Madison Cooperative and Director, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
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Heading to Headquarters

A brief introduction from John McNamara in preparation for the Worker Cooperative Conference.
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The John Logue ACE Award; other ACE Awards

The Association of Cooperative Educators established the John Logue ACE award at its 58th annual conference in Cleveland July27-30, 2010. Ohio Employee Ownership Center staff members, Bill McIntyre and Logue's wife, Olga Klepikova, talk about Logue's work, vision, "moxie" and his impact on Ohio and the U.S. Other ACE awardees for 2010 are also mentioned.
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Get a jump start on the 2010 national conference in the U.S. Federation's archives

The organizers of the 2008 National Worker Cooperative Conference deftly delegated note-taking responsibilities to volunteers and ended up with a treasure trove of documentation. If you want to refresh your memory of where we left off, or are eager to get a jump start on the 2010 conference so you can ask informed questions, the archive of conference workshop notes from New Orleans (also listed below) is full of information.

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Develop Your Organization's Democratic Capacity - Training Intensive Aug. 9, 2010 as part of the Worker Co-op Conference

 The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives is offering an intensive training session for organizations who want to make their internal processes more democratic and participatory. 

Melissa Hoover's description follows:

 Intensive Training: Developing Democratic Capacity
Monday 8/9/2010

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A Tale of Two "Educating for Democracy" Conferences

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/446

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Education about Co-operatives in Canada

Permanent link to this article: http://geo.coop/node/443

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Sidebar: Worker Ownership, Coming of Age and Out of the Shallows

Permanent link to this article: 
http://geo.coop/node/441

(Editor's Note: Steven Dawson was president and founding director of the Industrial Cooperative Association (now the ICA Group) from 1978 through 1988. He is currently president of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), the nonprofit affiliate of the 1600-employee Cooperative Home Care Associates - the largest worker cooperative in the U.S.

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