<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Pat Conaty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pat.commonfutures@phonecoop.coop" target="_blank">pat.commonfutures@phonecoop.coop</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi John, Margie, Robin, Taka, Cliff, Michel, Mike, Emily and colleagues<br>
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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.<br>
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<a href="http://www.uk.coop/newsroom/record-numbers-self-employed-enter-new-tax-year" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.uk.coop/newsroom/record-numbers-self-employed-enter-new-tax-year</a><br>
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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.<br>
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<a href="http://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/uploads/attachments/not_alone_-_trade_union_and_co-operative_solutions_for_self-employed_workers_3.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/uploads/attachments/not_alone_-_trade_union_and_co-operative_solutions_for_self-employed_workers_3.pdf</a><br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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All the best<br>
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Pat<br>
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