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The Co-operative Group has 22 independent consumer co-operatives as corporate members or customer owners, including: Central England Co-operative. Channel Islands Co-operative Society. Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society. East of England Co-operative Society. Heart of England Co-operative Society.
The development of mutual organizations and cooperatives in the United States has a history spanning from the 18th century to the present day, reflecting the evolution of collective economic and social efforts. The 18th century marked the beginning with the establishment of the earliest mutual organization, in the British North American ...
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) Northern States Co-operative League (NSCL, established 1921) Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA) Portland Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (PAWC) U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives.
The National Cooperative Business Association ( NCBA) is a United States membership organization for cooperatives, which are businesses that are jointly owned and democratically controlled. The association was founded in 1916 as the Cooperative League of the United States of America. Its founding president was medical doctor James Peter ...
e. A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise ". [ 1] Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member ...
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. The Navy Federal Credit Union (founded 1933) is the world's largest credit union with 10.8 million members, 345 branches, and $147.9 billion in assets, serving the men and women ...
The cooperative movement began in Europe in the 19th century, primarily in Britain and France. The Industrial Revolution and the increasing mechanisation of the economy transformed society and threatened the livelihoods of many workers. The concurrent labour and social movements and the issues they attempted to address describe the climate at ...
A. Agent-owned companies (6 P) Agricultural cooperatives in the United States (2 C, 50 P) American cooperative organizers (45 P) Artist cooperatives in the United States (32 P)