Foundations of Worker Cooperatives Course
Establish equitable, democratic workplaces within community services. This training equips social service professionals with actionable techniques for cooperative oversight, participatory choices, and open governance structures to enhance employee welfare, service standards, and local benefits. It covers key principles of worker co-ops, from bylaws and assemblies to issue diagnosis and performance tracking, fostering stronger, fairer organisations.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Basics of Worker Cooperatives Training offers straightforward, hands-on methods to create equitable, democratic work environments. Participants explore essential cooperative management, legal structures, rules, and member protections, while learning to organise productive meetings, fair decision processes, and open operations. Using practical assessments, implementation guides, and evaluation methods, you develop solid approaches to boost involvement, responsibility, and sustained group vitality.
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Develop skills
- Develop co-op bylaws: create straightforward, fair guidelines for worker cooperatives.
- Conduct productive meetings: organise schedules, attendance rules, and equitable votes.
- Identify management problems: detect authority gaps, delays, and potential threats.
- Guide fair decision-making: apply group methods for wages, tasks, and initiatives.
- Evaluate co-op performance: measure indicators for engagement, fairness, and service levels.
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