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Industry Research Series: Taxis

Author(s) : Tim Palmer
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The recent upsurge in worker cooperatives in the taxi industry presents a contrast between big opportunities and big risks. Hundreds of new worker owners have come together in just a handful of companies over the last 10 years, which outpaces the growth of worker cooperative ownership in many other industries. The coordinated marketing among what are already legally independent, entrepreneurially minded contractors lends itself to larger entities.

New Member Orientation Templates

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New members need basic training in how to own and operate their business cooperatively, but many workplaces don't have a standard curriculum or time to invent one from scratch.  DAWI has created a set of templates to lay the groundwork for orienting new members.  These templates can be used as-is for a general orientation, adapted by workplaces and developers to meet specific needs, or tailored by DAWI upon request.

A Learning and Training Tool for Understanding Worker Cooperative Finances

Author(s) : Lynn Pitman, Tyler Quist, and Anne Reynolds
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This learning and training tool has been developed for member education and board training about basic worker cooperative finance. It consists of a document and a set of linked spreadsheets that allow users to explore the relationship between the primary financial statements that are used for business reporting and decision-making.

Conflict Resolution

Author(s) : Esteban Kelly
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In this series, Esteban Kelly of the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA) outlines an powerful conflict resolution process that can be used effectively by cooperatives.