Labor Neutrality: A new standard for co-ops

Este evento será facilitado en inglés.  Favor de volver a revisar nuestro calendario para eventos futuros en español.  

Unions and co-ops go together. This session will explore labor neutrality as a core practice for co-ops that stand with and for workers. By declaring solidarity and alliances with unions, co-ops join the broader power of the union movement as the working class, not the owning class.

We’ll examine how co-operatives, as employers, can actively support workers’ right to organize and build conditions for honest, collective problem-solving around workplace issues. Participants will leave with actionable strategies to create safer, more dignified workplaces where workers and employers cooperate — not clash — over power, accountability, and respect on the job.

This free webinar is part of an academic course at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) and is open to the public — students, workers, organizers, and cooperative leaders welcome!

Presenters will include:

1. Rebecca Lurie, Adjunct Professor at CUNY SLU 
2. Molly Ragan, Lecturer at Parsons School of Design, Worker Organizer with EWOC and Independent Organizing Network, previously Staff Organizer for UAW
3. Andy Bowling, Worker-Owner at comp.coop, USW Member
4. Dave Hammer, Executive Director at the ICA Group
5. Mike Sandmel, Cooperative Business Developer at the ICA Group, USW Member
6. Emma Karnes, Organizer at UFCW Local 328 and Co-op Rhody
7. Emmanuel Padilla, Membership Director at New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC)

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