Fairly-traded, organically-grown coffee and teas; co-op shares a portion of profits with their small-scale producer-suppliers in developing countries.
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The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker cooperatives, related types of co-operatives (multi-stakeholder co-ops and worker-shareholder co-ops), and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. CWCF was incorporated in 1992.
Vision: To be a growing, cohesive network of democratically controlled worker co-ops that provide a high quality of worklife, and support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies, based on cooperative principles.
Mission: To strengthen our worker co-op members; support the development of new worker co-ops; and strengthen the Federation and its governance.
At the CWCF, our vision is...
To be a growing, cohesive network of democratically-controlled worker co-ops that provide a high quality of worklife, and support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies, based on cooperative principles.
Our mission is to...
1. Strengthen our worker co-op members;
2. Support the development of new worker co-ops; and
3. Strengthen the Federation and its governance.
For more information about who we are, please see the following topics:
Work Together - CICOPA Newsletter
We are happy to send you the first issue of “Work Together”, the new global information bulletin for cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises in industry, services and crafts. It is available in three versions: English and French (attached) and Spanish (available upon request).
Entrepreneurship in Worker Co-ops: February Speakers' Panel
Dear CWCF members, CoopZone members and others,
I thought you might find this of interest. You may attend this session either in-person in Toronto (suggestion is to arrive early so that you can get a seat), or via webcast – by clicking the link of the SE Centre’s web site. There is no cost to participate.
Cheers,
Hazel
SOCIAL ECONOMY CENTRE – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
LUNCHBOX SPEAKERS' SERIES
CWCF Newsletter - January/February 2010 Edition
Please sign up for our bi-monthly E-Newsletter by contacting david@canadianworker.coop. See newsletter attachment below.
CDF supports effort to help earthquake victims in Haiti
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is accepting donations to help the victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12. Click the Read More link to make a donation (select "Haiti Disaster Relief" in the "Donate to" menu).
Read More (https://vws3.primus.ca/www.cdfcanada.coop/pages/donation-form/ )
Support CDF's effort to help earthquake victims in Haiti
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is accepting donations to help the victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12. Click the Read More link to make a donation (select "Haiti Disaster Relief" in the "Donate to" menu).
Announcement - Hiring of the CWCF Communications and Member Services Manager
After an extensive national search, the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Wilson as our new Communications and Member Services Manager. David has extensive experience in the field of Community Economic Development (CED), notably at Momentum (which was previously known as Mennonite Central Committee Employment Development), and Thrive, Calgary’s CED Network.
Please see attached press release for more information.
Worker Co-op Op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor
Written by Melissa Hoover, executive director of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and Lillian “Beadsie” Woo, a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore
In Memoriam: John Logue
On Wednesday December 9 John Logue, the Founder of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) and OEOC Director for 23 years passed away, about a week after being diagnosed with cancer. We counted him rich for his intellect, honesty, persistence, justice, generosity, and an absolute inability to be mean. Of most of these gifts, he was aware, but never boasted of them. Not a month before he died, before he knew of his mortal illness, he counted himself fortunate to have “a good wife, good children, good colleagues and a good job.”
Join Our Facebook Group
We encourage members to join the group & post stories and comments. Of course, you have to join Facebook in order to access it.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27782409421#/group.php?gid=37052512665&ref=ts
CWCF Conference 2009
Thank you to all participants and presenters for making the 2009 CWCF Conference a success, and thank you to our sponsors for making it possible. CWCF held its 2009 Conference in Moncton, NB, November 19-21. Read more by clicking the link above, from the home page.
