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`. “Working together” Worker cooperatives and artisans’ cooperatives around the work – CICOPA’s sectoral mission Javier Salaberria President CICOPA. CICOPA is the sectoral organisation of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) for industrial and service cooperatives.
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` “Working together” Worker cooperatives and artisans’ cooperatives around the work – CICOPA’s sectoral mission Javier Salaberria President CICOPA
CICOPA is the sectoral organisation of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) for industrial and service cooperatives
Two distinct types: - Workers’ cooperatives- Artisans’ cooperatives
Estimate:Both types provide direct employment to around 20 million people(One fifth of direct employment of the whole cooperative movement)
Worker cooperatives:- Worker cooperative start-ups- Worker buy-outs
Worker cooperatives:- Worker cooperative start-ups- Worker buy-outs- Social cooperatives
Worker cooperatives:- Worker cooperative start-ups- Worker buy-outs- Social cooperatives- Multi-stakeholder cooperatives
The frontier between the two models (worker cooperatives and artisan cooperatives) is sometimes blur
the two models (worker and artisans’ cooperatives) share a number of common characteristics
Worker cooperatives are specific in terms of labour relations called «worker ownership » « travail associé »
Main standards of cooperative worker ownership1 The members should be the workers and vice versa, in their majority
Main standards of cooperative worker ownership1 The members should be the workers and vice versa, in their majority2 The first cooperative principle must be conditional to the existence of a job
Main standards of cooperative worker ownership1 The members should be the workers and vice versa, in their majority2 The first cooperative principle must be conditional to the existence of a job 3 The cooperative enterprise must have control over its production instruments and process
Worker ownership / travail associé is the third labour modality in the world, alongside conventional salaried work and self-employment
The declaration is an application to worker cooperatives of ILO Recommendation I93/2002 on the Promotion of Cooperatives
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation - Data collection and analysis
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation - Data collection and analysis - Information and networking
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation - Data collection and analysis - Information and networking - Institution-building
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation - Data collection and analysis - Information and networking - Institution-building - Relations with the trade unions
What is CICOPA’s main work?- Representation and lobby - Work on legislation - Data collection and analysis - Information and networking - Institution-building - Relations with the trade unions - Inter-cooperation