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20/04/2026

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Join worker co-operators from across the movement for a 2 day programme built around collaboration, shared learning and reimagining the future of worker co-operation.

Register your attendance at workers.coop!

19/03/2026

This month Punchcard’s guest is Paul Kahawatte, a member of Navigate and an experienced mediator working with communities, cooperatives, and social movements. In my interview with him, he shares the structures and processes he uses to ward off conflict, catch it early, and resolve it in ways that strengthen, rather than fracture.

19/02/2026

Rupay was unsure whether he should start a coop for cleaners and migrants because of the inherent power imbalance, but he wanted to support a broader range of Coops to form and felt like he could use his skills as a lawyer to incubate a group to start a coop and so gave it his best shot

Listen to the newest episode of punchcard to hear how he facilitated the creation of a cleaning cooperative in Berlin and what he learnt along the way

17/02/2026

In this episode of Punchcard, Rupay shares his experience incubating a cooperative for migrants & cleaners and the importance that trust and social connections played within that.

Rupay is an employment lawyer in Germany, fighting for workers’ rights. Frustrated, working in a system rigged against workers, he sought out more empowering alternatives and discovered worker cooperatives. After years of researching and advising them as a lawyer, he went on to write a book (only in German atm) - A Practical Guide to Democratising Companies and to co-found the cleaning cooperative

09/01/2026

If you’re in a worker co-op, we need to know more about you and what you think.

The UK’s first Worker Co-op Census will paint a clearer picture of what it’s really like to work in worker cooperatives across the UK - where we come from and what we share as workers, the things that matter to us, how our jobs and workplaces compare to others. It will help build the real case for worker cooperation.

📝 Take the census via the link in bio (around 10 minutes).

Who can take part?
Anyone who works in a worker co-op - whether as a member, worker, employee, or volunteer. Your organisation can be fully or partially worker-owned, and it doesn’t need a particular legal status, as long as it identifies as a worker co-op.

Why take part?
Your responses will help identify opportunities for worker co-op support, training, development, collaboration and campaigning.

Findings will be anonymised and reported only in summary form.

The results will directly inform future work by workers.coop and the wider co-operative movement.

🎟️ Prize draw:
At the end of the survey, you can opt in to a prize draw to win one of six tickets to the Worker Co-op Weekend festival in May, plus £125 to help with travel and other costs.

Participation is of course voluntary. Your data will be kept confidential and securely stored, and individual responses will not be identifiable in any published outputs. Full details about data use and consent are included at the start of the survey.

The more of you who take part, the more useful and representative the findings will be - so please complete the census questionnaire - and please share it with your co-workers.

In solidarity
Kiri, Melis and the workers.coop research group
Questions? Email [email protected]

19/12/2025

Announcing Own The Future, our first co-op support programme starting in March 2026! 🛠⌨️

🧩 We’re looking for groups across the UK addressing everyday challenges - like food,housing,support,care - who are interested in setting up as workers cooperatives.

💸 Its a one-year accelerator programme with training, mentoring, specialist advice, peer support and £5,000 of start-up funding.

🗓 Applications close 31 January. Register your interest - link in bio :)

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19/12/2025

workers.coop is hiring!

We’re looking for a strategic organiser and collaborator to strengthen our democratic processes, collective leadership, and visibility as a movement.

Salary: £36,000-£38,000 FTE, dependent on desired benefits package.
Location: Remote (UK only)
Contract: Part-time employee – 3 days per week (24 hours) with flexible working options

05/12/2025

Glasgow Autumn Assembly 2025: Thursday Recap

On Friday, more than 20 worker cooperatives came together to connect, take part in peer-learning sessions, receive 1:1 business support from cooperative development experts, and - of course - round off the evening with a ceilidh!

26/11/2025

Workers.coop is looking for 3 new Directors to help us to shape our strategic direction and ensure good governance and financial stability over the long-term.

A full advert for the post of Director can be found at the link in bio.

The deadline for Director application submissions is 5pm on Friday 28th November.

25/11/2025

24/11/2025

Glasgow Autumn Assembly 2025: Thursday Recap

Care and cleaning co-operatives are pioneering a new model of work, one where fair pay, dignified conditions, and shared profits are the rule, not the exception.

Thank you to our speakers from , , , & Belfast Cleaning Society and to for the fitting venue.

Missed the session and want to learn more about starting a co-operative in the care or cleaning sector? Send us a direct message.