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FEDCOOP

Six pillars of service

What We Do

Six pillars of work, each designed to make a staff cooperative society stronger than it could be on its own.

  1. Pillar of service

    Cooperation

    Societies working as one national body rather than in isolation.

    A staff cooperative in one agency has the weight of its own members. Inside FEDCOOP it carries the weight of every federal cooperator in the country.

    How cooperation works

  2. Pillar of service

    Collaboration

    Shared services, joint ventures and bulk purchasing power.

    Many societies buying separately pay retail. The same societies buying through the federation negotiate as one customer.

    How collaboration works

  3. Pillar of service

    Advocacy

    Speaking for cooperators to government, regulators and partners.

    Payroll deductions, cooperative law and public service rules all shape what a staff cooperative can do. FEDCOOP makes sure cooperators are heard when those rules are written.

    How advocacy works

  4. Pillar of service

    Peer Review

    Societies auditing and strengthening one another's governance.

    Members trust a cooperative that can show its books are in order. Peer review lets experienced management committees check and strengthen each other's governance.

    How peer review works

  5. Pillar of service

    Training

    Capacity building for management committees and members.

    Management committees change every few years. Training makes sure each new committee can run a society well from its first meeting.

    How training works

  6. Pillar of service

    Investment

    Pooled capital, cooperative finance, housing and enterprise.

    Individual societies hold members' savings. Pooled carefully, that capital can finance housing and enterprise that no single society could fund.

    How investment works

Membership

Put all six pillars behind your society.

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