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CWCF Newsletter - January/February 2010 Edition

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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). Please...

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Seeking Executive Director for Center for Global Justice

Center for Global Justice in central Mexico, is searching for a replacement for our wonderful Executive Director, Lydia Carey. Lydia leaves us May 1. The Job Description is attached. The Center is devoted to "research and learning for a better world." See our site at...

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West End Food Co-op to receive grant from the Robert Owen-Henri Lasserre Fund

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...

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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.  ...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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....

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Mondragón Worker-Cooperatives Decide How to Ride Out a Downturn

Written by Georgia Kelly and Shaula Massena, Tuesday, 01 September 2009, Source: Yes Magazine
Mondragón Co-op Grocery Store

The Mondragón Cooperative Corporation (MCC), the largest consortium of worker-owned companies, has developed a different way of doing business-a way...