Made by a Coop
Prof Wolff once mentioned - "Imagine if the shirts / pants / products had tags that didn't say "Made in china, thailand, etc.. " but said "Made by a Coop". Then awareness among consumers increases, at-least they become curious and informed purchases can be made.
In this context, a worker owned e-commerce portal selling only worker coop products can be a start. Along with selling worker coop products, useful information about why to buy from a coop, how coops are better, etc can be put up on the website. Basically the plan is to setup a website that educates the buyer and also uses consumer action to encourage coops.
Worker owned e-commerce portal to sell worker coop products.
proposal by Nikhil Kulkarni Closed Sat 12 Nov 2016 1:01AM
Along with selling worker coop products, useful information about why to buy from a coop, how coops are better, etc can be put up on the website. Basically the plan is to setup a website that educates the buyer and also uses resulting consumer action to encourage coops.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 9 | 90 | 10 |        | |
| Abstain | 1 | 10 | 1 |  | |
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 76 | 88 |         |
William Beard
Sat 29 Oct 2016 1:04AM
Great idea!
Would also ask that in addition to goods you consider a section of services provided by CoOp's or Worker Directed business who are aligned.
John RhoadsSat 29 Oct 2016 1:06AM
A coop website selling coop made things with an educational sidebar about coop virtues is good stuff.
benjamin melançonSat 29 Oct 2016 1:11AM
A more limited effort to do this, for tech worker coops in North America at least, already exists: http://techworker.coop/
And of course the USFWC has a directory-- in partnership with datacommons.coop i think
Joel GingerySat 29 Oct 2016 11:09AM
Recommend No selling only connecting people with each other or as a resource to facilitate design/creation of novel coop relationships , "useful information", see The Next System Project, http://thenextsystem.org/ as a possible model/partner.
Joel GingerySat 29 Oct 2016 11:28AM
spin off selling new venture; only connecting people with each other; a resource to facilitate design/creation of novel coop relationships , "useful information", see The Next System Project, http://thenextsystem.org/ as a possible model/partner.
JoeSat 29 Oct 2016 11:39AM
Good idea. Now to find the compromise details in how to actually do it.
David BrinovecSat 29 Oct 2016 7:33PM
I love it!
Betsy Avila
Fri 11 Nov 2016 3:53AM
Really great idea! The harder part is finding the resources, funds and personnel to take this on. Abstaining but noting my general support.
John Rhoads ·Sat 29 Oct 2016 1:04AM
Excellent! I'll be the first customer. I really like this idea and can only imagine how we need more of these.