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Brazos Electric goes to mediation in court row over $2bn storm power bill

The co-op is disputing a bill from the state grid operator after the storms of February…

Federation of Southern Co-ops heads for court to fight for Black farmers’ debt relief

Legal actions are blocking a $4bn package aimed at tackling 100 years of economic racial injustice

REI workers win vote to unionise in Manhattan

An REI store in Manhattan has become the co-op retailer’s first unionised branch, following an in-person…

US credit union tech platform CFS rebrands as Co-op Solutions

'Over the last few years we have aggressively invested in the company to produce a payments…

REI relaunches membership programme

The outdoor retail co-op plans to grow its membership from 20 million to 50 million by…

Ukraine war: Appeal launched to help credit unions in path of Russian attack

The Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions wants to support sector workers and members in the country

New US loan fund to support co-ops in underserved communities

Rochdale Capital, launched by the National Cooperative Bank, will 'advance the development of community ownership and…

Testing times for Texas electric co-ops a year on from knockout storm

After last year's freeze almost collapsed the grid, new measures have been put in place –…

Canadian co-operators want law change to prevent repeat of MEC demutualisation

'Without any changes to the regulations, we should expect to see other co-ops suffer the same…

Canadian co-op community programme open for applications

Since 2015, Federated Co-operatives Limited has provided $10.5m in capital funding

Desjardins data breach settlement pre-approved by Superior Court of Quebec

A total of 4.2 million members and 137,000 business clients were affected by the 2019 data…

UK co-ops support women co-operators in India through pandemic rebuild

They collectively raised £100,000 last year in response to the spread of the Delta variant in…