*Please forward widely!*Dear friends and cooperators,I wanted to reach out to you to let you know the exciting news that The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA) is gearing up for Co-opoly 2.0. But, we need your help to make it happen. This game is entirely ethically produced (all in the US, primarily by
The positions will be based out of West Bridgewater. ****** Equal Exchange is seeking Sales Reps to join our team. Food Service Sales Rep: This position is part of our café sales team, partnering with coffee-focused customers who brew and serve our coffee. Sales reps are expected to excel in building meaningful relationships around quality
October is Co-op Month Each October, cooperatives all across America celebrate the role, accomplishments and contributions of our nation’s cooperatives. Cooperative Maine will once again be sponsoring events and raising awareness about co-ops. Cooperative Maine is a network of co-op advocates around the state,promoting support for existing cooperatives and encouraging thecreation of new ones. These can be
Congratulations in particular to Northeast co-ops in Dorchester, MA, Barre, VT and Binghamton, NY! Food Co-op Initiative is excited to announce the latest round of grants to startup food cooperatives. Full text of this press release is included below, attached, and available at http://www.foodcoopinitiative.coop/content/fci-grants-build-cooperative-economy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Grants Build Co-op Economy Today Food Co-op Initiative announced
Local Sprouts Cooperative, Portland, Maine’s only worker co-op, is hiring for a catering coordinator/worker-owner. If you ever thought of moving to Portland and you love catering, here’s a great opportunity. Job Opening for Catering Coordinator at Local Sprouts CooperativeDo you want to work in the local food movement? Do you want to work in a democratic
Job Posting: Startup Manager for New Recycling Cooperative BusinessBoston Recycling CooperativeJob Description: Startup Business ManagerSummary:Boston Recycling Cooperative is seeking a startup business manager tohelp form and grow a new worker-owned cooperative business. The BRCis a joint project between Boston Workers Alliance, MassCOSH, theCooperative Development Institute and the Boston Recycling Coalition.This new business is a community
CDI HELPS 2 COMMUNITIES, 466 FAMILIESGO CO-OP IN SINGLE TRANSACTION For immediate release CDI HELPS 2 COMMUNITIES, 466 FAMILIES GO CO-OP IN SINGLE TRANSACTION Carver, MA, June 25, 2012: The residents’ associations of 2 manufactured housing communities comprised of a combined total of 466 homes in Carver, Massachusetts have purchased their communities, securing for themselves enduring
Final Reminder for 10th Annual Vermont Employee Ownership Conference Space is still available for the 2012 Vermont Employee Ownership Conference, to be held this Friday, June 8 at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. We’ll be starting the day with welcoming remarks by Senator Bernie Sanders and the keynote address by Gar Alperovitz “Is There an America Beyond
The Steampunk Café (http://www.facebook.com/SteampunkCafeLLC) is Connecticut’s newest worker-owned cooperative business, serving fair trade Equal Exchange beverages and an American menu. The Café participated in a seven-month CT Cooperative Business Academy presented by the Cooperative Development Institute. Stop by their place in Danielson, CT and help make sure they thrive!
University of Southern Maine Sociology Professor Ed Collom will be speaking at Local Sprouts Café on Thursday, May 31st at 2pm on “Empowering Economics: How Worker-Owned Cooperatives and TimeBanks Re-Value Labor and Community.” Other speakers include Jonah Fertig and Heather Blersch of Local Sprouts Cooperative, and Orion Breen of Hour Exchange Portland. The event is being presented by the University
