Resources

Here you will find resources from Canada, and around the world, on starting, improving and running a worker co-operative. We are continually adding to and updating our collection of resources.

In addition to these resources, there are two other sites which you may want to review. One is CoopZone (www.coopZone.coop), the site of the CoopZone Developers’ Network of Canada, which contains resources on developing all types of co-operatives. The other is the site of the US Federation of Worker Co-operatives, www.usworker.coop, which includes a document library.

 

 

Documents
Guidelines for Determining Whether or Not There Is an Employer-Employee Relationship in a worker Co-op

This Brief attempts to highlight the criteria used to determine whether or not a worker co-op has an employer-employee relationship or is classed as a group of independent contractors.

EI_Brief.pdf
Guides
Employment Law and Worker Co-ops

Guide written by Hazel Corcoran.

Empl't Law & W. Co-ops.ppt
Guides
So You Want to Retire

Presentation by Peter Hough

So You Want to Retire.ppt
Guides
Using Financial Models

Presentation by Peter Hough

Using Financial Models.ppt
CWCF
Documents
Strategies for Developing Immigrant Worker Co-ops

Immigrant Worker Co-op Strategies paper drafted by Hazel Corcoran of the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation.

Strategies Immigrant WC Dev't Fnl - w bib.doc
Guides
Worker Co-ops & Employment Law in Canada

Prepared for: Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation and Saint Mary's University.

By John McNamara, Student, Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions, St. Mary's University

Employment Law Paper Final.doc
CICOPA
Newsletters
Work Together #2 - CICOPA Newsletter

Work Together #2 - CICOPA Newsletter

Northcountry Cooperative Foundation
Guides
Worker Co-op Toolbox

New Guide Supports Worker Co-op Formation and Expansion Developed by the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation (Minnesota), the Worker Co-op Toolbox provides a new set of resources to assist potential worker...

worker_coop_toolbox.pdf
CWCF
Guides
Pricing For Profit

A presentation on pricing for profit from the CWCF's AGM 2006.

Pricing for Profit_0.ppt
CWCF
Documents
CWCF Report on Member Relations Project

This 2008 report, including Appendices A-C, provides information from the CWCF's Member Relations project and worker co-op survey.  It is available in English, below, and in French on the French part of the CoopZone site. 

C-Coops which took Survey.xls, B-Survey on CWCF Fnl-EN.doc, A-Survey Comparison Fnl-EN.doc, Report-Member Strength'ng FNL-EN 08-1.doc