Aside from storms, heat and light evenings, over this past month we have been planning our Autumn in person event and All Hands gatherings, expanding webinar trainings and testing processes for Inductions and file sharing.

Autumn Assembly in Birmingham, October

Our very first in person event as workers.coop will be taking place in October Vote on the date here. Over 1.5 days, this event is a chance to celebrate successes so far, discuss and learn from our mistakes, get some training, plan and start working on future projects. Open to members.

We are looking for a Society Secretary

Are you an experianced Society Secretary for your own co-op? What to earn a bit extra them or yourself whilst helping us out?

Expres an interest in the Society Secretary Role here.

At the moment, there are a couple of things you can do:

• We are looking for case studies for our website. If you or your worker co-op would like to submit one and generate an example to go on our website, contact john@workers.coop. We have an example format you can copy here.
• We are looking for anyone who is willing to help us with engaging non-member worker co-ops in their local area. If you're up for doing some in person visits or telephone calls, contact sam@workers.coop to get set up.

Remember to Say hello and join in on the Forum, join a working group or contact sam@workers.coop to help out with other tasks.

Don't forget we are running Inductions for new members, please book here. If you’re a member struggling to navigate our digital platforms, sign up for extra help here.

Over 20 young co-operators came together in Manchester on 17th June for the 'Great Expectations: where’s the next generation of co-operators coming from?' workshop jointly hosted by us and YCN. Fruitful discussions included the starter 'How not to get young people in your co-op'. We are considering how to turn workshop outcomes into a usable resource.

Listen to our very own project co-ordinator John Atherton being interviewed on Episode 4 of the Tao of WAO podcast. This season of podcasts is entirely co-op focused, with this episode exploring Coop Economy. Listen here.

workers.coop rep Sion Whellens travels to Sweden for the General Assembly of cecop.coop. We are pleased to be admitted to membership with Sion confirmed as a board member.

Japan Worker Cooperative Union re-founds after success in establishing new legal framework for worker co-ops in Japan. We send a video greeting to their General Assembly promoting solidarity across borders.

Cooperators in Birmingham gathered on Friday 16th June to break the ground on a new cooperative development project building shop space for 3 worker co-ops. After speeches and tour of the site in hard hats, a large 'no landlords' bilboard was hoisted into place. In the words of bakery member, Pete, "this project gives us the guarantee of not being priced out of the high street, and the layout will vastly improve working conditions".