The International Labour Organization published a first brief about co-operatives and the world of work. This publication offers basic information about the gender equality in the workplace, fundamental information on co-operatives, and the co-operative advantage when it comes to gender equality in the workplace.
To access the document, follow this link.
To obtain a hard copy, contact coop@ilo.org.
The International Labour Organization published its second brief about co-operatives and the world of work. This publication offers basic information about the domestic worker profession around the world, fundamental information on co-operatives, and the co-operative advantage when it comes to domestic workers organizations.
To access the document, follow this link.
To obtain a hard copy, contact coop@ilo.org.
The European Research Institute on Co-operative and Social Enterprises interviewed Marcelo Vieta about his research Recuperating enterprises, reviving community: The conversion of investor-owned businesses into worker-run firms.
Marcelo Vieta is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow and lecturer at the Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto. He is also a Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) and the International Secretariat for Human Development (ISHD) (both also at York University), an associate member of the Applied Communication Laboratory (ACTLab)at Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication, a co-organizer and member of the Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry (TSCI), and serves on the board of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) and the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER).
Read the full interview here: http://www.euricse.eu/en/news/interview-marcelo-vieta-his-research-worker-recuperated-enterprises
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