Land and Freedom: Palestinian co-operative solidarity

Following Spring’s Palestine solidarity workshop, we'll hear from Palestinians about how grassroots agricultural co-ops are sustaining traditions of co-operativism & Sumud (resilience) in the occupied West Bank and how UK co-ops can support.

The outlook for worker co-ops in Scotland

There’s been a shift in how Holyrood views co-ops, resulting in greater recognition of our role in creating decent work & strong communities. Scotland is hammering out what support looks like, - but the dust hasn’t settled & everything is to play for.

Find out how they did it, and explore how workers here in Glasgow can create new worker co-ops. You can ask questions, get feedback, work through barriers. Any group can bring their own idea for a new company, which could be set up as a co-operative based on equality and democratic values.

Come along to meet and hear from care and cleaning workers from four worker co-ops - The Great Care Co-op, Leading Lives, Southside AllClean & Belfast Cleaning Society. All have created fair and democratic workplaces.

If you believe you could provide a better service than your current employwer, or have a business idea for doing it yourself, we'll be discussing setting up your own business where control and profits are shared by the workers. These businesses are called worker co-operatives.

Book your place at the Autumn Assembly here www.workers.coop/civicrm/even... bursaries are available

or book here for the Thursday half-day event on combating exploitation in low-waged sectors www.workers.coop/civicrm/even...