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Principles of a Co-Operative

  • It is owned by all its members. The members each make a contribution to the co-operative (for example, part of a few month’s wages)
  • Management makes decisions together with the members
  • Management is accountable to the members
  • Members themselves decide how to organise the co-operative, for example what the wages and working hours will be
  • Profit and loss is divided among the members