Alex Bird

Co-operative College

This chapter makes a case for trade union support for a new wave of cooperative development and charts some of the early instances of collaborative working in this regard framed by the Preston Model. We argue for closer affinities between the trade union and cooperative movements in pursuance of mutual interests of renewal and reinvigoration. We be...

What might the world look like in the aftermath of COVID-19? Almost every aspect of society will change after the pandemic, but if we learn lessons then life can be better. Featuring expert authors from across academia and civil society, this book offers ideas that might put us on alternative paths for positive social change. A rapid intervention i...

The union co-op is a model whose time has come. It is a fully unionised, worker co-operative, owned and controlled by those who own and work in it. Worker’s control, democracy and equality are built into the model which offers a solution to inequality and injustice both in and outside the workplace. Co-ops and unions are social movements with share...

This is a report of research commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government into the credit union movement in Wales. The objectives of the research were to investigate the profile, operation, governance, support structures, current performance and services, and future development and sustainability of credit unions in Wales.