A recent report ( Martínez Lucio et al., 2025) examines how co-operative-based activists in a variety of contexts view the role of trade unions, and how a renewed dialogue might emerge. It is based on a series of seven interviews with consultancies dealing with co-operatives, co-operatives themselves, and attendance at various conferences concerning trade unions and co-operatives.
A series of short case studies demonstrates the challenges and barriers to trade unions and co-operatives developing closer links, while also highlighting the benefits of setting up and being involved in co-operative forms of organisation and structures to build solidarity, extend workers' control and challenge inequalities.
You can access/read the report by follow the link below or download the PDF.
Co-operatives and Trade Unions: Generating alliances for betterand more meaningful work - download report here → →
