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Welcome to Punchcard
Podcast: Punchcard
Starting a worker coop cafe & working for workers.coop w/ Sam Nordland
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Sam Nordland speaks to Punchcard about being a member of Gung Ho Housing Cooperative, a co-founding member of the Warehouse Cafe Workers Cooperative, a member of Stirchley Development Cooperative and now works for workers.coop the UK based federation of worker cooperatives.
Punchcard is recorded live on the first Tuesday of the month at 6PM.
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The Rise & Fall of Black Cat Cafe Workers Cooperative w/ Nacho Gomez
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In this episode Nacho speaks candidly about the highs & the lows of his & Carla’s 10 year journey with Black Cat Cafe. Even though from the outside Black Cat Cafe seems to be extremely successful Nacho shares about the constant challenges they faced – the difficulties paying members & staff fairly, and the set backs when trying to attract & retain worker members.
Nacho & Caleb also reflect on the lessons learnt & we celebrate what Black Cat Cafe has achieved – having become a landmark in the vegan, activist & cooperative scenes for its pioneering vegan cuisine & dedication to supporting its community & activists.
Black Cat Cafe may stop being a workers cooperative, but as Sam Nordland said in Episode 1 painting co-op business closures as failures isn’t always useful, because “we provided jobs for ourselves for a number of years & we introduced a lot of young people to working in a cooperative setting”.
PUNCHCARD is recorded live on the first Tuesday of the month at 6PM.
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