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The Xunta submits to public exhibition the new Law on cooperatives that will promote strategic activities and simplify procedures - Xunta de Galicia
New Cooperative Law in Galicia seeks to promote strategic activities and simplify procedures.
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The Galician government has submitted a new cooperatives law for public comment, which aims to promote the cooperative model, boost strategic activities, and simplify administrative procedures, potentially strengthening the growth and influence of worker cooperatives in the region.
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The Galician government has submitted a new cooperatives law for public comment, which aims to promote the cooperative model, boost strategic activities, and simplify administrative procedures, potentially strengthening the growth and influence of worker cooperatives in the region.
The typical profile of a Worker Cooperative in France
Wlidip celebrates its 20th anniversary as a #WorkerCooperative. It's the typical profile in #France: a #SME with a strong #technology component in a small city that is cooperating and growing.
They started by acquiring the company that employed three people. Now they employ 40 people, and they achieved a turnover of €4.5 million in 2024 and a net profit of 9%.
ISO 27001 and HDS (Health Data Hosting) certified, Widip serves approximately 800 clients, primarily SMEs in the Grenoble and Lyon regions, local governments, and public organizations specializing in health, disability, and child protection.
It specializes in cloud hosting, cybersecurity, outsourcing, technical support, and hardware sales. Founded in 2012, it became a #WorkCooperative in 2015 after being acquired by three employees. The director: "This changes the way we work: no one counts their hours here."
Furthermore, they rely heavily on economies of scope and the power of Open Source and AI tools. "Widip has developed a unified platform, MyWidip, that centralizes contract management, technical action tracking, and incident management. By integrating AI, the solution also enables automated initial diagnosis and the activation of rapid support. Mywidip, which is already used by some of the company's clients, will be launched in 2026. "Previously, we would have needed to create a company and raise funding," explains director Marc Perotto.
They started by acquiring the company that employed three people. Now they employ 40 people, and they achieved a turnover of €4.5 million in 2024 and a net profit of 9%.
ISO 27001 and HDS (Health Data Hosting) certified, Widip serves approximately 800 clients, primarily SMEs in the Grenoble and Lyon regions, local governments, and public organizations specializing in health, disability, and child protection.
It specializes in cloud hosting, cybersecurity, outsourcing, technical support, and hardware sales. Founded in 2012, it became a #WorkCooperative in 2015 after being acquired by three employees. The director: "This changes the way we work: no one counts their hours here."
Furthermore, they rely heavily on economies of scope and the power of Open Source and AI tools. "Widip has developed a unified platform, MyWidip, that centralizes contract management, technical action tracking, and incident management. By integrating AI, the solution also enables automated initial diagnosis and the activation of rapid support. Mywidip, which is already used by some of the company's clients, will be launched in 2026. "Previously, we would have needed to create a company and raise funding," explains director Marc Perotto.
To understand the #ACI effect
According to this year's report on the mutual and cooperative sector in Great Britain, cooperatives and mutuals collectively had a turnover of £179.2 billion and employed more than 1.5 million people. However, amidst all this immensity, the Worker's Cooperative represents a mere anecdote. Less than £240 million in combined turnover among the mere 372 existing across the country. This is the ACI effect: the result of making work invisible, promoting managerialism, and focusing on promoting all types of cooperatives that generate financial flows: consumer, health insurance, mutuals, home ownership...
In the US the movement is not just EOT
In the #US, the worker-owned business movement isn't just channeled through #EOTs and #ESOPs. "Sol Power Solar," a Rhode Island-based #WorkCooperative for residential photovoltaic installations, is an example of the other side of the movement, taking European cues and standing out for its rejection of #managerialism.
Manifesto of the Second Maximalist Congress 2025
Manifesto of the Second Maximalist Congress, which we will hold after the summer heat. The manifestos of our congresses are a call to participation and, at the same time, a kind of "framework document," seeking to provide a global and historical context for our tasks and objectives, serving as a basis for coordination between maximalist cooperatives and NGOs.
Why is it possible for an unprofitable enterprise to become a thriving worker cooperative?
Being viable and being profitable are two very different things, both in the short and long term. Taking the criterion of profitability as a guide for the development of companies increasingly confronts them with their own sustainability and that of their environment. The alternative can only come from associated work.















