Co-op News October 2019: Sustainable Development

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What does the future hold for co-ops and the world of work?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
of Work
Introduction
Bruno Roelants and Hyungsik Eum
1. Work and cooperatives: A century of ILO interaction with the
cooperative movement
Claudia Sanchez Bajo
2. Cooperatives and the future of work
Jürgen Schwettmann
3. Cooperatives and fundamental principles and rights at work: Natural
disposition or commitment to action?
Simel Eşim, Waltteri Katajamäki and Guy Tchami
4. The autonomy or heteronomy of cooperative worker ownership
Manuel Garcia Jiménez
5. Work and employment in the informal economy and new forms of
work: How can the cooperative model be an answer
Hyungsik Eum
6. "Coffee has given us Power to Act": Coffee cooperatives and women
empowerment in Rwanda’s rural areas – A case study of Karaba coffee
cooperative
Gisaro M. Ya-Bititi, Philippe Lebailly, Deogratias Sebahire Mbonyinkebe and
Philippe Burny
7. The changing cooperative landscape in the world of work: A study of
women empowerment through participatory strategies in India
Sudha Kornginnaya
8. Waste cooperatives in Brazil: Exploring links between cooperative
ideals and raising gender awareness
Sonia Maria Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando
9. Cooperatives and trade unions: From occasional partners to builders of
a solidarity-based society
Akira Kurimoto
10. Saving jobs and businesses in times of crisis: The Italian road to
creating worker cooperatives from worker buyouts
Marcelo Vieta
11. Cooperatives of independent workers in Finland: A unique forum for
self-employment
Anu Puusa and Kirsi Hokkila
12. Labour transformation and institutional re-arrangement in France: A
preliminary study of a business and employment cooperative
Mélissa Boudes
13. Multi-stakeholder cooperatives as a means for jobs creation and
social transformation
Sonja Novkovic
14. An internet of ownership: Democratic design for the online economy
Nathan Scheider
Edited by Bruno
Roelants, Hyungsik
Eum, Simel Esim,
Sonja Novkovic,
Waltteri Katajamäki
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The world of work is facing the biggest
transformations since the Industrial Revolution –
and workers are being forced to adapt at fast pace. A
new book marking the ILO’s centenary argues co-ops
can play a key role in providing the solutions they
need to cope with recent shifts and restructuring.
Book coverCo-operatives and the World of
Work explores past and present day challenges,
from the days of the Rochdale Pioneers to the
present experiments around the co-operative
Cooperatives and the
World of Work
Edited by Bruno Roelants, International Co-operative
Alliance, Hyungsik Eum, CICOPA (International
Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives),
Simel Esim, International Labour Office,
Sonja Novkovic, International Co-operative Alliance
Research Committee and Waltteri Katajamäki,
International Labour Office.
As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than
ever platform through economy.
the rise of robotics and the gig economy,
Co-operatives It travels and back the World in time of Work to furthers ILO’s the early days in
debate on the future of work, sustainable
development, a war-torn and world the social in 1919. and solidarity Under economy the leadership of of
which Albert cooperatives Thomas, are the a fundamental ILO’s first component. director who had been
Throughout
previously
the
linked
book, the
to
authors,
the
who
co-operative
are experts in
movement,
their respective fields, do not limit themselves to
praising the organisation the advantages of set the cooperative up its model. Co-operatives Unit
Rather, in 1920. they challenge the narrow understanding of
cooperatives as a mere business model and raise
The book looks at the historical changes of the
debate on the more fundamental role that
cooperatives ILO’s position play in responding co-operatives to social changes and and of the notion
in of changing work in society relation itself. to co-operatives as well as the
current major trends affecting the world of work,
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Co-operatives, argue the authors, have the ability
to respond to these social changes and generate
innovative solutions. They also note that co-ops
have designed and experimented organisational
innovation, responding to members’ needs but also
their aspirations.
Co-ops are portrayed as alternative models to
the mainstream economic system. In his chapter
ILO expert Jürgen Schwettmann proposes
developing a pragmatic strategy of co-operative
development in the context of the future of work.
He argues there is a need for co-operation beyond
co-operatives, building alliances with likeminded
movements, organising co-operation along
global supply chains and co-operatives formed in
response to emerging trends.
The book is also a call for action, proposing
co-operators, political leaders and the public
to envision a future with more sustainable,
humane and decent work organised through the
co-operative model.
u Interview with Jürgen Schwettmann, p44
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