Conferences, Events & Gatherings

Connecting Our Workplaces: Building Cooperative Economies

ajowa — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:16:06 -0400

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

michaeljohnson — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:03:13 -0500

seeking contributions to make it happen

Third International Encuentro: "The Workers' Economy"

jim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:32:52 -0500

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

michaeljohnson — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:00:16 -0400

At the conclusion of the seminar, Mondragon's Director of Cooperative Dissemination, Mikel Lezamiz, and I signed a letter of intent and endorsement to pave the way for initiating conversations with stakeholders in Richmond and beyond. I want to share with you what I learned and also hear your ideas.
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

ajowa — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:47:37 -0400

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

John McNamara — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:15:33 -0400

"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

Heading to Headquarters

John McNamara — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:15:26 -0400

A brief introduction from John McNamara in preparation for the Worker Cooperative Conference.

The John Logue ACE Award; other ACE Awards

ajowa — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:32:49 -0400

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.

Get a jump start on the 2010 national conference in the U.S. Federation's archives

Joe — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:58:43 -0400

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

ajowa — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:15:56 -0400

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