Conferences, Events & Gatherings
Connecting Our Workplaces: Building Cooperative Economies
The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy released its press release with all the details for it's July conference activities:
2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy | Connecting Our Workplaces: Building Cooperative Economies
The Eastern Coordinating Council is pleased to announce the 2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy (ECWD), to take place July 8-10, 2011 at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in partnership with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives and Grassroots Economic Organizing.
Developing Working Models of Consensus in Africa
Third International Encuentro: "The Workers' Economy"
Analyzing & Debating a New Economy from the Perspective of Workers & Self-management
Mexico City, June 9-11, 2011
Richmond, California's Green Party Mayor Signs "Letter of Intent" with Spain's Mondragon Coops
To this end I would like to invite all who are interested to a presentation and discussion on Mondragon and the potential for worker cooperatives in Richmond. The same presentation will be given on two dates...
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:

"This isn't for everyone. Co-ops are awesome."
--Hilary Abell, WAGES Executive Director.

"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."
Deeper Meanings of Cooperation
Heading to Headquarters
The John Logue ACE Award; other ACE Awards
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.
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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