Co-ops Put Democracy into Action
Michelle Schry, General Manager People's Food Co-op, LaCrosse, WI
Michelle Schry, General Manager People's Food Co-op, LaCrosse, WI
Looking to the Cooperative Principles, it is clear that cooperatives are by design set up to be empowering organizations. From the first principle to the last, from open membership to concern for community, all aspects of the cooperative’s control of resources are to be a model of trust and transparency. This is achieved when the people involved at all levels know their roles [...]