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In 2009, the United Steelworkers signed an agreement with the Basque Country-based Mondragon Corporation in order to further the establishment and expansion of unionized worker cooperatives in North America. The National Cooperative Business Association identifies over 29,000 cooperative businesses employing more than 2 million people and ...
Texas Co-op Power magazine is the largest circulation monthly magazine in Austin, Texas. It goes to more than 1 million homes and businesses and is read by approximately 3 million people. The BPA audited statement for June 2009 put circulation at 1,188,965. [1]
The Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union was formed in 1886 in Texas.Despite the fact that both black and white farmers faced great difficulties due to the rising price of farming and the decreasing profits which were coming from farming, the protective organization known as the Southern Farmers' Alliance did not allow black farmers to join.
In the decades that followed, several cooperatives or cooperative societies formed including Lennoxtown Friendly Victualling Society, founded in 1812. [7] By 1830, there were several hundred co-operatives. [8] Some were initially successful, but most cooperatives founded in the early 19th century had failed by 1840. [9]
In the 1930s, the provision of power to remote areas was not thought to be economically feasible. [7] A 2300-volt distribution system was then used in cities. This relatively low voltage could be carried only about 4 miles (6.4 km) before the voltage drop became unacceptable. REA cooperatives used a 6900-volt distribution network (soon changed ...
Cooperatives electrically power 56% of the United States' landmass and 42 million people. Coops possess over $1 trillion in assets worldwide and over $640 billion in annual sales. 92 million Americans turn to 7,500 credit unions (client-owned cooperatives) for financial services; 50,000 American families rely on cooperative day-care facilities.
While Texas cities were solidly Republican by the 1990s — and while it was a solidly Republican state presidentially after 1980 and in terms of the statewide executive after 1994 — the state ...
National Farmers Union (officially Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of state Farmers Union organizations in the United States. The organization was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.. The organization was created to protect and enhance the economic well-being ...