The Cooperative Movement - A Potential Game Changer?
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For most of the 20th Century working for someone else gave most people a reasonable chance at a decent living. Today profits have grown but worker earnings are stagnant at best. Could workers get together to buy out a business & run it themselves, sharing the risks & profits? Which business sectors are suitable? Could coops help reduce global inequality?
Should governments enable more workers to set up coops? Might coops increase access to needed goods & services, & increase jobs? Would coops increase local economic activity? Does business ‘efficiency’ tend to harm workers & consumers? What kind of coops has Canada recently developed? What about Toronto, could coops help us? Over 2 classes we’ll get each other’s reactions to global & local perspectives on these issues.
Moderator: Pat Simke (see biography)
Maximum Number of Spots: 25
Dates and Time: Tuesdays December 2 and 9 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Location: OISE Building 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBD
Cost: $12.00
Booking: Course full. to go on the waiting list. please click here
Course full. to go on the waiting list. please click here
For most of the 20th Century working for someone else gave most people a reasonable chance at a decent living. Today profits have grown but worker earnings are stagnant at best. Could workers get together to buy out a business & run it themselves, sharing the risks & profits? Which business sectors are suitable? Could coops help reduce global inequality?
Should governments enable more workers to set up coops? Might coops increase access to needed goods & services, & increase jobs? Would coops increase local economic activity? Does business ‘efficiency’ tend to harm workers & consumers? What kind of coops has Canada recently developed? What about Toronto, could coops help us? Over 2 classes we’ll get each other’s reactions to global & local perspectives on these issues.
Moderator: Pat Simke (see biography)
Maximum Number of Spots: 25
Dates and Time: Tuesdays December 2 and 9 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Location: OISE Building 252 Bloor Street West, Room TBD
Cost: $12.00
Booking: Course full. to go on the waiting list. please click here