[P2P-F] Not Alone - precariat report

[Michel Bauwens]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Pat Conaty <pat.commonfutures at phonecoop.coop
> wrote:

> Hi John, Margie, Robin, Taka, Cliff, Michel, Mike, Emily and colleagues
>
> Please find attached the press release for the Not Alone report on the
> precariat that Co-operatives UK and the Wales Co-operative Centre have
> published today with Unity Trust Bank - the trade union bank.
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> http://www.uk.coop/newsroom/record-numbers-self-employed-enter-new-tax-year
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> Here also is the full report and a Blog article attached that I have done.
> If you can review the report or use the blog article to promote it, do let
> me know.
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> http://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/uploads/attachments/not_alone_-_trade_union_and_co-operative_solutions_for_self-employed_workers_3.pdf
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> We think this report will find resonance in other countries as we have
> drawn examples of best practice far and wide from trade unions and
> co-operatives collaborating to meet the needs of this growing class of
> dispossessed workers - over 70% of whom in the UK are in poverty. The
> linked problems with a lack of access to workspace, housing and commons are
> clearly indicated and indeed illustrated with a precariat index that
> Co-operatives UK has developed. This was a brain wave of Ed Mayo’s to whom
> we are very grateful and for commissioning the research.
>
> There are also some links to co-operative money and capital solutions and
> to basic income. This aspect needs further development in phase 2 work
> which we are moving forward on over the next few months.
>
> All the best
>
> Pat
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