The Paul Myners interim report has shaken the foundation of The Co-operative Group. A letter went out today to elected members from the chair – it’s worth a read too. What might it all look like – here’s my attempt to visualise the words – including one small amendment as a result of the webcast […]
Well on their way to 3,000 signatures – a 38degrees petition: Delay the sale of the Co-operative Group farms to enable like minded groups, such as co-operatives and Community Farmland Trusts, the opportunity to organise finance to purchase the land so that the founding principles of the Co-operative are maintained, and to create opportunities for […]
The past few days have been a whirlwind. At times it felt that The Cooperative Group was a more important news story than The Second Coming. However, we can try to catch our breath. Here’s a roundup of some of the press you might have missed. The CEO who quit After the threats the reality: […]
Once the ball started rolling down the hill it was bound to end this way. Co-op chief Euan Sutherland took on a mutual and tried to turn it into a plc. And after a tantrum and resignation letter discovered, probably to his surprise, that the board accepted it. Mary Hiller in The Guardian puts it well: […]
It seems a good time for some history lessons, not least for the board and executive of The Cooperative Group. Here’s a way to do it fairly painlessly – especially if you are being paid millions to sit and watch! – the film of The Rochdale Pioneers. The-Rochdale-Pioneers-Official-Trailer[www.savevid.com] from BYFA on Vimeo. The story is […]
Ok, so you don’t follow Twitter. That’s allowed. But you might like to see how the past few hours have gone for @TheCooperative – the name used by The Cooperative Group. It’s quite difficult to capture a Twitter search, but I’ve made a pdf of the most recent Tweets – well, just eleven pages of […]
As a concerned, indeed very concerned member of The Cooperative Group I thought it would be a good idea to get in touch with the elected members in my area. (Declaring involvement: I took part in the last elections and came almost last!). You can see on the website quite easily who they are: and […]
It couldn’t be clearer “Nobody was ever meant to know that the entire team is to be paid retention payments; only the top three were to be publicised.” The Members of The Cooperative Group Uk that is. Those of us who own and are supposed to be in democratic control of the organisation were not […]
The Observer newspaper has today (9 March 2014) revealed the contents of a secret document, withheld from members, of how The Cooperative Group has awarded million pound ‘golden-hellos’ to new executives and paid a massive exit payment to the ex-human resources head. “Under the proposals, Sutherland will be paid a base salary of £1.5m this […]
Reclaim The Cooperative Group for its members 