Hello world! #introduction time!

We are workers.coop. We're a federation and network of worker-led cooperatives and supporters, based in the #UK.

This account is a bit of an experiment (by @da5nsy, for now) but the plan is to post information about news and events, and boost cool things related to #WorkerCoops and the wider #cooperative movement.

I'm having a hard time understanding what is going on with the Kerrygold #Cooperative. It doesn't seem like a demutualization event, but people are getting big payouts? Kerry Group and the dairy co-op are splitting up and the big company is buying back its shares from the co-op, so that's where the cash is coming from? But non-dairy producing co-op members are also getting cashed out? Do you understand @ntnsndr

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/11/12/kerry-group-agrees-to-sell-dairy-division-to-kerry-co-op-in-500m-deal/

Did you know? 2025 is the International Year of Cooperatives

The purpose of this international year is to underscore the vital role cooperatives play in sustainable development. This year’s theme “Cooperatives Build a Better World” underscores the enduring global impact of cooperatives, positioning them as essential solutions to today’s global challenges. Learn more at https://2025.coop/
Image credit: 2025 International Year of Cooperatives
#cooperative #Community #SupportSmallBusiness

Artisans Cooperative has been selected as one of the Remember the Future Fellows!
Remember the Future is a pilot fellowship https://Art.coop is organizing to honor the power of group work in the arts and beyond. Remember the Future awards a community of arts and culture groups with $15,000 each plus technical assistance for the year. Listen to Artisans Co-op on the Remember the Future podcast on Jan. 30 at 2:30 EST https://rememberthefuture.buzzsprout.com/
#Cooperative #MemberOwned #Artisan

While fedi is funding projects at something like 2 grand a week, how about funding a tiny #queer family/collective! We're are *much* more efficient than that!

We would love to hit our goal $50 a week!
https://liberapay.com/heckinTech/

For that low low cost you get an #Indigenous led/run glitch server, us working on a gnu IMP renaming, emojis, community email, a static site generator, and all kinds of community tech-related projects we dream up!

hello! new intro post since it's been a while!

my name is maren and I'm stillgreenmoss on the internet. I live in asheville NC in the US, a beautiful and frustrating place in the Appalachian mountains. most of my work is place-based here in asheville

I recently quit my job to focus on starting @bunkcomputer with two other amazing cooperators

I help @firestorm with sysadmin-ish work -- I'm a friend and not a member of the coop

I'm a trans woman and very glad for it, despite the horrors

computing and its discontents is the dominant public activity in my life, though I do also love techno and breakcore and acid and house music and and and -- do you know where the rave is? please tell me where the rave is

i spent most of the last 7 years working in big, corporate tech jobs. I think that those are pretty broken places and I hope to never go back. if the computer coop doesnt work out, I daydream about becoming a civil engineer

if you live in asheville or western NC or the rest of NC or southern Appalachia and you care about building a better world of computing, I literally want to talk to you so bad, please reach out

thanks for reading, fedi4life, plur, etc,

#asheville #coop #cooperative #techcoop #permacomputing #northcarolina #wnc #trans #techno #sober #vegan

"Stirchley Co-op Development (SCD) is excited to announce a series of free online workshops, open to anyone interested in co-ops. These monthly, beginner-friendly sessions cover key topics such as self-organising, co-op history, facilitation, and inclusion."
https://www.stirchley.coop/scd-training-series/
#coop #cooperative