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The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844, was an early consumers' co-operative, and one of the first to pay a patronage dividend, forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement. [1] Although other co-operatives preceded it, [2] the Rochdale Pioneers co-operative became the prototype for societies in Great Britain. The ...
The quotes from the World Trade Center site can be found in September Morning: Ten Years of Poems and Readings from the 9/11 Ceremonies New York City, compiled and edited by Sara Lukinson.
Funding and opportunities from government and other institutions may be limited depending on how cooperatives label themselves (“agricultural co-op” versus “women’s co-op,” for example). [23] Women's cooperatives are sometimes dismissed as radical political groups, especially if the organization is new.
On this occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ICA, the President recalled the successive stages of the ICA since 1895. In the report about the Development Programme, it was said that the ICA's Declaration on International Cooperative Day made an appraisal of UN Resolution 2459 and the collaboration of the ICA with the UN Specialised Agencies ...
Co-operatives UK is a British co-operative federation described as "the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK". [3] It was founded in 1870 as the Co-operative Central Board, changing its name to the Co-operative Union [4] before finally becoming Co-operatives UK following its merger with the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM) in 2001. [5]
International Co-operative Alliance International Cooperative Day is an annual celebration of the cooperative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Cooperative Alliance .
50. “A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.” – Jacob Abbott 51. “To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a dreamer, an innovator… someone who ...
The act includes rights and protections for consumers applying for credit. Thankfully, this is an easy (and obvious) declaration for me to make today. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so long ago that ...