By Jack Quarter and Wilf Bean (1985).

This handbook, attached below, is dated, but still a great resource.

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 print and distribute widely!

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Abstract

Please see the notes and PowerPoint presentation below. The MP3 recording can be accessed at http://www.divshare.com/download/11713917-e2c (80 minutes).

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.

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Purpose of This Document
1. The purpose of this Brief is to outline...

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. 

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I. Introduction...