August Webinar: Union Co-ops II With Ariana Levinson
Please join us on Thursday, August 24th, 2023 at 10am PT/11am MT/12pm CT/1pm ET for our August webinar on union co-ops. In this webinar, Professor Ariana Levinson will discuss legal issues relating to union labor law in the context of cooperatives, with a focus on the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The presentation will review relevant labor law issues from the lens of co-op members and employees considering converting to a multi-stakeholder co-op and/or unionizing. It will then focus on the NLRA law governing when employee committees are prohibited. Register here.
This webinar builds on Professor Levinson’s October 2022 webinar, Union Co-ops and Labor Law. Members and subscribers can access the recording and materials for this webinar, as well as other past webinars, in the Guild’s webinar library.
Currently, CPG offers California CLE credit for qualifying webinars. Most CPG webinars can count as CLE credits in most US states. If you’d like to help us offer CLE credit in other states, please email Sarah Kaplan at the Webinar Committee: sarah@cuttingedgecounsel.com.
No Coffee Chat in August
Please join us in September for our next coffee chat.
Got a theme to propose or a discussion you’d like to share at a coming coffee chat? Please reach out to the Membership Circle by email at membership@professionals.coop.
Job opportunities
The Cooperative Fund of the Northeast is seeking a Cooperative Coach to help build support ecosystems for BIPOC and immigrant-led cooperatives throughout the Northeast. Bilingual candidates (prioritizing Spanish) and Black, Latinx, and Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply. Priority Deadline: August 25, 2023. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to hiring@cooperativefund.org. For the full job description, visit https://cooperativefund.org/blog/hiring-cooperative-coach/. This job is REMOTE, with a priority for CT, RI, MA, and is full-time.
The University of California at Santa Barbara is taking applications for the position of Executive Director of the UCSB Central Coast Labor Center. Information and a link to apply can be found here, https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02549, and you can also reach out to Professor Ralph Armbruster Sandoval (Chicana/o Studies Department) at armbrust@chicst.ucsb.edu. Note that the Center is also called the Project, since we are not a formal ORU and thus not officially a "center" at this time. Funding to create labor centers at each UC campus was generated through joint California AFL-CIO and Democratic Party mobilization.
Community upcoming events
Nov. 2-4: Cooperative Professionals Guild annual conference and member meeting, Chicago, IL. Hybrid.
Nov. 29- Dec. 1: 4th International Forum of Cooperative Law, San Sebastian, Basque Country. Hybrid.
Participate in the Cooperative Professionals Guild
The Cooperative Professionals Guild is a growing network of co-op professionals created by us, for us. We’re currently volunteer-run. Here are some ways you can participate:
Submit community listings for the next newsletter using this Google form;
Send messages to the CPG network by emailing the CPG listserv at members@professionals.coop;
Attend meetings or join governance circles. Circle members are also eligible to join the General Circle.