The Co-operators adds two new members

The Co-operators has expanded its membership, welcoming two new members the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF) and Fdration des coopratives qubcoises en milieu scolaire/COOPSCO.The new members bring to 39 the number of co-operatives, credit unions and like-minded organizations that make up the ownership group of The Co-operators Group Ltd.”Our members provide important links to a number of sectors of the economy, and a variety of communities throughout the country,” said Kathy Bardswick, president and CEO of The Co-operators. “Our membership provides us an opportunity to more thoroughly understand the issues and concerns of the sectors they represent, so that we can better meet their insurance needs. The Co-operators warmly welcomes these two new members, and we look forward to forging strong and mutually beneficial relationships with them.”CWCF is a non-profit co-operative representing approximately 65 worker co-op members and 75 co-operative developer members across Canada. Its mandate is to be a growing, cohesive network of democratically controlled worker co-ops that support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies based on co-operative principles.Fdration des coopratives qubcoises en milieu scolaire, operating under the banner COOPSCO, is a federation of 60 student co-ops present in the majority of post-secondary institutions and a growing number of high schools in Quebec. COOPSCO has a combined membership of nearly 400,000, a majority of whom are students. They work to make goods and services available to students such as books, stationery, computers and food.