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Bethnal Bling: Stir to Action
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Cooperation and its discontents. Sunday, 14 April 2013. The first number of the new print-only Stir. Magazine arrived today, and it's an inspiring read. Marina Sitrin's article on worker takeovers of factories and workshops in Argentina and Greece strikes a particular chord, because the UK's common ownership co-operatives - firms like Calverts. Share so much with them in terms of politics and attitude, even though our co-ops were founded in a different context. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Bethnal Bling: April 2013
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Cooperation and its discontents. Sunday, 14 April 2013. The first number of the new print-only Stir. Magazine arrived today, and it's an inspiring read. Marina Sitrin's article on worker takeovers of factories and workshops in Argentina and Greece strikes a particular chord, because the UK's common ownership co-operatives - firms like Calverts. Share so much with them in terms of politics and attitude, even though our co-ops were founded in a different context. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Bethnal Bling: Is worker cooperation 'flatlining' in the UK?
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Cooperation and its discontents. Monday, 19 January 2015. Is worker cooperation 'flatlining' in the UK? Says it has about 170 workers' cooperatives in membership, out of about 400 that it knows of in the country, mainly small enterprises.These figures have been consistent for a few years. Here are a few Saturday morning thoughts on the subject. Co-operatives UK defines worker coops as being those where the members are employees. Or where workers of one kind or another have a governance majority. It often...
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Bethnal Bling: Party games
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Cooperation and its discontents. Friday, 8 February 2013. Dave Boyle questioned the link between The Co-operative Party and Labour in a recent Guardian article. Yesterday, Gareth Thomas MP replied. In robust but predictable fashion. Boyle's main point is that:. The real issue isn't whether the link with Labour is effective for the movement, or even for the Co-operative Group, but whether it's the only way in which the co-operative movement can be politically active and effective.". I'm one of the growing...
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Communication skills | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Uction to communication skills. 8211; focusing on communication as a 2-way process. 8211; Deborah Tannen on different conversational rituals used by men and women. 8211; what that means, and why it’s essential for co-operators to be assertive. Giving and receiving criticism assertively. 8211; a useful co-operative skill. 8211; messages are conveyed by our body language. A new business ...
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Training and Consultancy Services | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Training and Consultancy Services. In addition to providing access to free resources and our thoughts about how good co-operative skills can help make your co-operative a success, we provide training and consultancy services. We are happy to discuss any request for support. Reviews, appraisals and HR. Independent Board Member service. Co-operative Board governance reviews and workshops.
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Human Relations « The Workers' Paradise
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The Workers' Paradise. A Discussion of Workers Cooperatives and Building the New Economy. February 9, 2017. CICOPA’s Declaration on migrants and refugees. Filed under: Human Relations. 8212; Tags: CICOPA. 8212; John McNamara @ 3:54 pm. Since my last post on January 23, I had been wondering how to address some of the actions that have happened since in terms of the worker cooperative identity. Fortunately for me, my friends at the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation. This massive increase in the flow of migr...
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development « The Workers' Paradise
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The Workers' Paradise. A Discussion of Workers Cooperatives and Building the New Economy. February 13, 2017. Our Worker Co-ops Have a Unique Roll to Play. 8212; Tags: Democracy. 8212; John McNamara @ 11:14 am. We are living in very interesting times. October 5, 2015. The People’s Ride: A Co-op Response to Uber. 8212; Tags: development. 8212; John McNamara @ 11:23 am. I haven’t been a fan of the “sharing economy” primairlity because it really isn’t about sharing, it is about extrac...8220;I am a substitut...
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Argentina « The Workers' Paradise
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The Workers' Paradise. A Discussion of Workers Cooperatives and Building the New Economy. January 27, 2017. Stand in solidarity with HOTEL BAUEN workers. 8212; Tags: Argentina. 8212; John McNamara @ 4:19 pm. Appeal for international solidarity with the law of expropriation of the Hotel BAUEN voted by the Argentine Congress on November 30th, 2016 and vetoed by President Mauricio Macri. To send an email of support to the Hotel BAUEN workers:. Translate Plugin created by Cheap Web Hosting. US Federation of ...
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The “We” Generation « The Workers' Paradise
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The Workers' Paradise. A Discussion of Workers Cooperatives and Building the New Economy. January 23, 2017. The “We” Generation. 8212; Tags: American Dream. 8212; John McNamara @ 6:00 am. The next two years will seem to bring to life the ancient curse, “May you live in interesting times.”. I don’t subscribe to the cohort model of generations. I don’t think that being born between 1946-1964 creates a certain type of world view any more that being born in the 90’s makes one a certain ...Concepts suggests t...
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