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CWCF Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on February 15, 2011
CWCF Executive Director Hazel Corcoran and President Alain Bridault made a presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance in Ottawa on February 15, 2011.
They recommended that the federal government:
1. Launch a Co-operative Investment Strategy with two components :
a. A Canadian Co-operative Development Fund; and
b. A federal Co-op Investment Plan
2. Make the federal Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) permanent;
3. Expand the CDI into the new area of conversions to worker co-ops.
See the entire written presentation attached below.
February 2011 CCPA Monitor Article - The Case For Worker Co-operatives
Attached below, please see CWCF's article titled 'The Case for Worker Co-operatives' in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' February 2011 issue of the Monitor.
For more info on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives go to: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/.
Report - The Rationale for Worker Co-operatives - Creating Democratic and Co-operative Workplaces Based on Equality
February 3, 2011
The Rationale for Worker Co-operatives report, poster and brochure are attached below. To help raise awareness of democratic and co-operative workplaces based on equality, please distribute widely. Call 403 276-8250 or email david@canadianworker.coop to have copies mailed out to you.
Business Succession and North American Worker Co-operative Conference - October 11-15, 2011 in Quebec City
http://www.cooperation2011.coop/
Join us for these two exciting worker co-operative conferences in beautiful and historic Quebec City. There will be empowering and engaging speakers from worker co-operative hot spots in the world - Quebec, Italy, Spain, France and more!
September 2011 CWCF Newsletter
In this edition, check out the latest worker co-operative news - conference updates, A-Zone and Co-opoly fundraising, Just Us! Coffee wins Eat Atlantic competition, new CWCF members and more http://t.co/oGHVhYt
CWCF July 2011 Newsletter
In this edition: Conferences Update, CoopZone Development Training Program, Mondragon's Financial Results Video, Red Rabbit Bakery Funding Drive, Network of Radical UK Co-operatives and more!
CWCF May 2011 Newsletter
Find out about accessing co-op funding, the Media Co-op's funding drive, new worker co-ops, gender equity in worker co-op, Venezuela update and more!
CWCF April 2011 Newsletter
Inside find the Executive Director's report, North American Worker Co-op Conference news, Co-ops and Election 2011, Mondragon at Last, Shift Delivery, Wear Fair and worker co-op updates around the world!
CWCF March 2011 Newsletter
Check out the latest worker co-op news from Canada, US, Argentina, Spain and the UK!
Press Release - The CWCF Stands in Solidarity with Public Sector Workers in Wisconsin
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation press release:
THE CANADIAN WORKER CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS IN WISCONSIN
February 23, 2011 - The Board of Directors of the Canadian Worker
Co-operative Federation passed the following resolution, “The Canadian
Worker Co-operative Federation stands in solidarity with Madison and
Wisconsin public sector workers by supporting their rights to
collective bargaining.”
