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Upcoming events

    • 10/23/2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    CPG members and subscribers are invited to join CPG's October Chat on Friday, Oct. 23rd at 11am PT/2pm ET. 

    This month’s member chat, hosted by Prof. Ariana Levinson, will be about how cooperatives can foster economic inclusion for historically marginalized workers and how cooperative structures and practices can challenge (or enforce) internal workplace structural inequality.  The jumping off point for the conversation will be Ariana’s recently published article Worker cooperatives, economic inclusion, and structural inequality: U.S. and Italy compared. The article poses two questions for further research and discussion:  First, how can Labor & Employment Law and Cooperative Law be designed or interpreted to work in tandem to provide dignified terms and conditions of employment? Second, how can internal industrial relations of worker cooperatives best be structured to challenge rather than enforce structural inequality? Come ready to share your own stories, expertise, and international points of comparison.

    Note that if you receive an error message when attempting to register for this event, you may need to renew your CPG membership or subscription.

    • 11/20/2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    CPG members and subscribers are invited to join CPG's November Chat on Friday, Nov. 20th at 11am PT/2pm ET. 

    This month’s member chat will be about whether worker cooperatives structurally enable interest based collective bargaining in a manner that traditional entities do not.  The discussion will be based on Ariana’s published article Are Union Co-op Labor Negotiations a Win-Win and For Whom? and her work-in-progress article, Union Co-op Labor Negotiations: True Integrative Bargaining.  We can discuss many related topics as well, such as potential positive externalities of interest based collective bargaining, such as increasing participation in civic society or addressing rapid technological change, or the USFWC Union Co-op Council Neutrality Campaign.  Come ready to participate.  Bring your questions about cooperation between the labor and cooperative movements, stories of successful partnerships, or examples of interest based collective bargaining.

    Note that if you receive an error message when attempting to register for this event, you may need to renew your CPG membership or subscription.

Past events

06/26/2026 June Coffee Chat
06/25/2026 The Roof Depot Project: A Case Study of Urban Grassroots' Success in Reclaiming Environmentally-Damaged Land for Community-Ownership, Green Development, and Land Back
03/26/2026 Farmer Lending Law, Recent USDA Developments, for Cooperative Professionals
02/20/2026 CPG Annual Member Meeting 2026
01/22/2026 The Workers' Opportunity to Purchase Act (WOPA)
12/18/2025 International Year of Cooperatives 2025: Looking Back, Looking Forward With Paul Hazen
11/21/2025 November Coffee Chat
11/19/2025 Planning Integrated Cooperatives through Systems Innovations, Translational Leadership, and Ancestral Humility
10/02/2025 Cooperative Professionals Guild Conference 2025
09/26/2025 September Coffee Chat
08/22/2025 August Coffee Chat
08/14/2025 Mutualistic Funds for the US Cooperative Movement: A New Model of Cooperative Financing in the US?
07/25/2025 July Coffee Chat
07/24/2025 "Slouching Toward Democracy: Operationalizing Sociocracy On The Fly"
06/27/2025 June Coffee Chat
06/19/2025 Organizing Food Hubs as Cooperatives, Local Food Grounded in Community
05/23/2025 May Coffee Chat
05/15/2025 A Reset Moment — Generational Fundamental Cooperatives
04/18/2025 April Coffee Chat
03/21/2025 March Coffee Chat
02/20/2025 Beyond DIY and Non-Attorney TA: Why Competent Legal Expertise Matters With Jenny Kassan and Jason Wiener
01/24/2025 January Coffee Chat
12/19/2024 ICA Group’s Survey of Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements With Mike Sandmel and Khalif Nunnally-Rivera
12/12/2024 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2024 Annual Members Meeting
12/06/2024 December Coffee Chat
11/14/2024 Creating Sustainable Jobs Through Union Co-ops With Rob Witherell
10/31/2024 When Nature Goes to Court: Rights of Nature and Their Alignment With Cooperatives With Cheryl Markham
10/25/2024 October Coffee Chat
09/27/2024 September Coffee Chat
09/19/2024 Co-op Legal and Tax Update With Rebecca Thoune and Todd Hoppe
07/25/2024 Examples of Cooperative Development Policy Agenda & Achievements from British Columbia, Canada
06/20/2024 Movement Lawyering in Multi-Jurisdictions: Revisiting Rule 5.5, the Unauthorized Practice of Law With Pacyinz Lyfoung
05/30/2024 Building Decolonized Legal Frameworks for Communal Living-Working-Governing through Dine (Navajo) Fundamental Law
04/26/2024 April Coffee Chat: Being a Rebel Cooperative Professional
04/25/2024 Employment Law Fundamentals for Co-ops with Wilder Clements
03/29/2024 March Coffee Chat
02/29/2024 Cooperatives and Antitrust With Lucy Clippinger
02/23/2024 February Coffee Chat: Running our businesses
01/26/2024 January Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024 (Part 2/2)
01/11/2024 (Almost) Everything a Cooperative Attorney Needs to Know About Plant Patents
12/08/2023 December Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024
12/07/2023 Co-op "Beneficial Owner" Reporting Under Corporate Transparency Act With Alix Devendra
11/02/2023 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2023 Annual Conference
10/13/2023 2023 Board Elections Q&A Coffee Chat
09/28/2023 Cooperative Formation in Indian Country with Eva Seidelman, Aaron Sims, and Bijiibah Begaye
09/21/2023 Cheryl and Tom's Excellent Adventures in International Co-op Law
08/24/2023 Union Co-ops II With Ariana Levinson
07/27/2023 Trademark Basics for Rural Cooperative Businesses With Jason Lott
07/21/2023 July 21 Members+Subscribers Coffee Chat
06/30/2023 June 30 Members' Coffee Chat
06/15/2023 Introduction to Housing Cooperatives Featuring Terry Lewis, David Rosebud Sparer, and Jerome Hughes
05/25/2023 What Your Co-op Bylaws Need With CPA David Antoni and Attorney Todd Eskelsen
05/12/2023 Meet Co-op Accountants May 12 at Guild Members' Coffee Chat hosted by the Cooperative Professionals Guild
05/05/2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat: The Academic Edit, Fri. May 5, 2023
04/27/2023 Allocating Patronage: Accounting and Legal Considerations With Preston Cardinet of CliftonLarsonAllen
03/31/2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat Fri. Mar 31
03/23/2023 Update on Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Toward a Navajo Vision for Land Use Featuring Josey Foo
02/24/2023 How to provide or receive mentoring or of-counsel practice support - Join our Friday Feb. 24 Member Coffee Chat to discuss
02/23/2023 Cooperative Entity Choice Deep Dive: IRC Subchapter T, K, or S?
01/26/2023 Basic Cooperative Taxation Featuring Teree Castanias and Brett Huston, CPAs
12/08/2022 Conversation With Dr. Karama Neal, USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator
11/18/2022 Cooperative Professionals Guild Nov. 18 Members Coffee Chat
11/17/2022 Bankruptcy: an Opportunity for Cooperative Conversions?
10/27/2022 CLE on Union Co-ops and Labor Law with Ariana Levinson
09/22/2022 Discussion of Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Mapping Navajo Nation Land History, Law and Custom
09/16/2022 Join our next Members’ Coffee Chat September 16
08/25/2022 Federation of Southern Cooperatives’ Dãnia Davy to Give Update on Farmer Debt Relief Provision in American Rescue Plan Act
08/12/2022 Join our first Members’ Coffee Chat August 12
07/21/2022 Decolonizing the Cooperative Movement: Oral Histories from CPG Members and Friends
06/16/2022 Limited Cooperative Association "Deep Dive"
05/26/2022 Conceptualizing Tribal Cooperatives in their Purest Form
04/21/2022 Ethics and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, Current Innovations and Limitations, Cooperatives and Just Transition Perspectives
03/17/2022 Community Land Trusts and Housing Cooperatives - CPG Webinar
02/17/2022 Platform Cooperatives: Emerging Trends, Concepts, and Best Practices
01/25/2022 Circle Members-only evaluation of association software
01/20/2022 WEBINAR - Taking Worker Cooperative Transitions to Scale with Project Equity
01/17/2022 Membership Circle Weekly Meetings
11/18/2021 New Tools to Streamline Cooperative Formation – Artisan Chocolates Case Study

The Cooperative Professionals Guild, 2024


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