📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | Announcing the GEO Journal | Reflections on the 2025 Union Co-op Symposium

 "The proven power of collaboration between unions and worker co-ops has guided Co-op Cincy since its founding in 2011. Dedicated to building and supporting Greater Cincinnati’s growing network of worker-owned businesses, their work is inspired by the business model of Mondragon International, the world’s largest federation of worker cooperatives."
#WorkerCoops #Unions #UnionCoops

https://geo.coop/articles/breakdown-breakthough-reflections-2025-union-co-op-symposium

From Breakdown to Breakthough: Reflections on The 2025 Union Co-op Symposium

The 2025 Union Co-op Symposium took place from October 17-18, offering workshops, panels and conversations on how the cooperative and labor movements can work together to build a democratic economy. This year’s theme was From Breakdown to Breakthrough, focusing on how we can meet this moment of system breakdown with cooperative solutions. 

Grassroots Economic Organizing
📬 GEO Weekly Newsletter | Forging Worker Alliances with the Union Co-ops Council | Solidarity Purchasing Groups

The Union Co-ops Council: Seventeen Years of Forging Worker Alliances | Grassroots Economic Organizing

Union Co-ops Office Hours | Horario de oficina del Cooperativas de la Unión - Jan 16th
#Unions #Coops #UnionCoops

https://info.usworker.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=655

Union Co-ops Office Hours | Horario de oficina del Cooperativas de la Unión | U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

@sam worker co-ops benefit from unionization by linking into the larger Labour movement. This helps them move policy to better their industry and also access other benefits. Having a collective bargaining agreement helps co-ops engage best practices for healthy workplaces (not investors) and frees up the board to focus on strategy and mission. Co-ops help unions by showing the value of organizational democracy and providing a safe and benevolent workplace. #unioncoops
The first Union Coops Council call of the year is on their calendar for Friday, February 11 at 1800 UTC! We'll be hearing from Rebecca Lurie about the Union Coops Council toolkit, having some space for discussion. Register here and/or look out for attendance information coming on the listserv later on. Union Coops Council Feb 11 Registration Link: https://info.usworker.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=541#cooperatives #unioncoops
Union Co-ops Council Public Updates Call | Llamada Pública del Consejo de Cooperativas Sindicales | U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

copied from the Union-Coop Council listserv: "For anyone who is an REI member, consider adding your voice to these threads in the Co-op Members section of the REI website. There may be other threads, these are just the ones I found:
https://www.rei.com/conversations/ask-an-rei-employee/soho-union-drive/td-p/48340
https://www.rei.com/conversations/new-york-city/labor-rights-for-our-awesome-rei-employees/td-p/48363

One person in the thread recommended that REI members email the Board of Directors at [email protected] and let them know as a member that you:
" #unioncoops #cooperative #rei

Soho Union Drive

Employees at the Soho REI are in the process of organizing with the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union.  I hope that a company that cares about the environment will also care about their employees. If a majority of workers in that store support the union drive then I hope that REI w...

Willy St Co-op workers vote 249-40 in favor of representation by UE! Considering the shenanigans by management in the 2014-2015 campaign, this is a major statement of labor solidarity! #coops, #unioncoops
The latest post in my series about the labor movement, co-ops, and the American Dream: https://workersparadise.org/2018/05/15/labor-unions-and-co-ops-part-4/ #labor #coops #unioncoops
Labor Unions and Co-ops, part 4

A Labor Movement for the New Guilded Age When Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, he not only invoked the rising supremacy of the United States by demanding “Mr. Gorba…

The Workers' Paradise