The film from Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, features United States FWC members Isthmus Engineering and Alvarado Street Bakery as examples of economic solutions.  Look for the section on worker cooperatives when you see the movie.  It was released on DVD on March 9th.

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February 10, 2010
The Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is pleased to announce that the West End Food Co-op of Toronto, ON has been selected as the first-ever recipient of funding from the Robert Owen-Henri Lasserre Fund.

Up to $30,000 will be awarded to the West End Food Co-op's Parkdale Processing Project. The West End Food Co-op's vision is for a thriving community food culture that has a positive impact and promotes a sustainable food system.

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

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/ )

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).

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.

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

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0111/To-jumpstart-US-job-market-turn-workers-into-owners

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.”

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