News on Social and Solidarity Economy
December 2019
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Brightly® – Scaling up worker cooperatives through the franchise model
19 December 2019
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Ms. Maru Bautista, Director of the Cooperative Development Programme at the Center for Family Life, on Brightly®, the first worker cooperative franchise in the United States.
October 2019
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ILO contributes to the deliberation on the alliance between unions and cooperatives in the US
30 October 2019
ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager provided a video message as a keynote to the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy in the US on how trade unions and cooperatives can work together to promote decent work for all.
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ILO presents international trends on worker cooperative development at the 2019 Co-op IMPACT Conference in Washington
30 October 2019
An ILO official participated in a panel on the scalability of the worker cooperative model and presented international trends and good practices on worker cooperative development.
May 2019
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Siôn Whellens: Incubating worker cooperatives in the changing world of work
29 May 2019
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Mr Siôn Whellens, a member of Calverts, the London branding, design and print cooperative; a cooperative business adviser at Principle Six, a development partnership on worker and community cooperatives; and a co-founder of Worker Coop Solidarity Fund.
April 2019
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Centre for Co-operative Studies: Building a solid knowledge base on the cooperative business model
29 April 2019
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Ms Bridget Carroll, a lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Co-operative Studies in Ireland.
November 2017
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Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union: Contributing to job creation and local community development through associated work
28 November 2017
"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Mr Osamu Nakano, a board member and Chief of International Relation Unit of Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union (JWCU).