Cooperatives

A Conceptual Guide to Employee Ownership for Very Small Businesses

9 Feb 2012

Cooperatives are a type of company in which control is on a one person/one vote basis. Cooperatives can be set up as partnerships or corporations, and in some states, there are worker cooperative statutes.

Swaziland: Cooperatives No Threat to Banks

8 Feb 2012

[IPS] Mbabane - Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her children's school fees.

Madison cooperatives offer an alternative to a system of haves and have-nots

7 Feb 2012

Protesters flood the street, chants and song punctuated by drumming and the low, steady honk of a tuba. Sign after sign decries the attack against nurses, teachers and sanitation workers; others demand a living wage in bold letters.