Co-operative union

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For the British co-operative apex organization formerly known as the "Co-operative Union", see Co-operatives UK.

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*Cooperatives*

Types of Co-operatives
Housing cooperative Building cooperative Retailers' cooperative Utility cooperative Worker cooperative Social cooperative Consumers' cooperative Agricultural cooperative Credit union Cooperative banking Cooperative federation Cooperative union Cooperative wholesale society Mutual insurance
*The Rochdale Principles*
Voluntary and open membership Democratic member control Member economic participation Autonomy and independence Education, training, and information Cooperation among cooperatives Concern for community
*Political and Economic Theories*
Anarchism Cooperative federalism Cooperative individualism Owenism Third way Socialism Socially responsible investing Social enterprise
Key Theorists
Robert Owen William King The Rochdale Pioneers G.D.H. Cole Charles Gide Beatrice Webb Friedrich Raiffeisen David Griffiths
Organizations
List of cooperatives List of cooperative federations International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Party
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A Co-operative Union is Co-operative Federation (that is, a Co-operative in which all the members are Co-operatives). Their objective, objective (according to Gide), is “to develop the spirit of solidarity among societies and... in a word, to exercise the functions of a government whose authority , it is needless to say, is purely moral.”^[1] Co-operatives UK and the International Co-operative Alliance are examples of such arrangements.

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^ Gide, Charles; as translated from French by the Co-operative Reference Library, Dublin, "Consumers' Co-Operative Societies", Manchester: The Co-Operative Union Limited, 1921, p. 122