Why it matters
It translates broad cooperative principles into the practical realities of worker co-ops, where members are both workers and owners.
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Groups designing or reviewing the basic principles that should guide their governance model.
This is a useful bridge between cooperative values and operating practice. It helps worker co-ops think through membership, democratic control, money, autonomy, education, cooperation, and community in a worker-owned context. Although UK-based, the governance concepts are broadly useful for worker co-ops elsewhere.
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Cooperative Identity, Values & Principles
Use this optional ICA reference when the team needs the broader cooperative values behind the worker-specific materials. It is intentionally general and does not resolve a governance design question by itself.
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