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Worker Co-ops Descend on Berkeley - John Curl article about the USFWC Conference on page one of the Berkeley Daily Planet

 

Argentina Turning Around - Argentinean factory workers unite to bolster
the economy, recreate jobs and stabilize communities after business owners
abandon their factories during an economic downturn.

 

Building a movement for worker power and worker democracy
A Two Part Workshop Presented at the National Co-op Conference 2010

 

National Worker Cooperative Conference 2010
Clark Kerr Conference Center at UC Berkeley
Co-hosted by the USFWC and Bay Area worker cooperatives.

 

Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women
Check out the Third Coast Workers for Cooperation.

 

Worker Cooperatives - a Viable Economic Alternative? - A
multi-million dollar network of worker cooperatives in Cleveland, a successful
alliance of Latina co-operatives in the Bay Area, and a worker co-operative
store selling farm-direct food in West Oakland were just some of the projects
presented at the California cooperative conference in Santa Rosa
.

 

The festival was  a kind of "show and tell" for grassroots economy
participants and the public. The video will be shown at the USSF 2010
in Detroit, MI. Thanks to Amber and Margot.

 

Click on any term around the JASecon circle to explore the SF Bay Grassroots Economy. Example: under "production" click on "urban gardens" and you will get a list of urban gardens.

chart incubation production commons cultural venues co-op dev. agencies socially supported media educational institutions community econ dev.  agencies community arts projects volunteer colectives households urban gardens producer co-op social enterprises worker co-op & collectives democratic esop family or community based production exchange community currencies farmers markets barter clubs community supported agriculture fair trade stores gift exchange distribution collective housing housing co-op community kitchen buying clubs cooperatives allocation community dev. credit unions reuse depos compost projects co-op food storage community loan funds community banks credit unions free stores co-op banks JAS economics

 

To add a grassroots economy event contact info@jasecon.org