Archive for 'Alex Baker'
Co-operation is at the heart of the kind of country that Ed Miliband wants to build
Last week, during Ed Miliband’s Q&A with members at Labour Party Conference, Co-operative Party NEC member Alex Baker was able to ask about the role of co-operatives. Ed praised the co-op movement and our last manifesto and expressed his regret that Northern Rock had not been re-mutualised. He underlined the importance of co-operative values in [...]
Event: 17 May, Co-operatives and Fairtrade in Plymouth
Plymouth and South West Co-operative Party invite you to a special celebration of Co-operatives and Fair Trade Thursday 17th May, 7.30pm – Plymouth Council Chamber Civic Centre, Plymouth Chaired by Peter Chave with Councillor Tudor Evans the new Labour and Co-operative Leader of Plymouth City Council speaking on plans for Plymouth as a Co-operative Council Alex Baker of the [...]
Alex Baker at Labour Conference: “embrace your inner co-operator”
Co-operative Party NEC member Alex Baker spoke on co-operation and the Co-operative Councils initiative at last week’s Labour Conference in Liverpool. Watch her speech and read it in full below. Alex Baker representing Vauxhall CLP. The morning after the South London riots, I felt the need to head just down the road to Clapham Junction [...]
The latest top co-ops from @artystar
Alex Baker is playing catch-up with her favourite co-ops for Co-operatives Fortnight, but her selections for numbers 3 and 4 are now through. Both of Alex’s choices are good friends of the Party. Divine Chocolate is 45% owned by the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa growers’ co-op in Ghana. Together they make excellent Fairtrade chocolate and supply [...]
Co-ops Fortnight: Alex’s favourite co-ops – Zaytoun
As Co-operatives Fortnight continues, Alex Baker of the Co-operative Group is highlighting her favourite co-ops via Twitter. Today’s co-operative is Zaytoun, importers of fine Palestinian fairtrade olive oil and other products which are helping to sustain Palestine’s economy and provide a beacon of hope in that region. Whilst 75% of Palestinians live in poverty, over [...]
Co-ops Fortnight: Alex Baker’s top co-ops
Co-operatives Fortnight launched yesterday at Westminster Central Hall with a celebration of all things co-operative. Events are taking place across the country. Each day for the rest of the fortnight, our former Parliamentary Officer Alex Baker, now a Community & Membership Officer with the Co-operative Group, is tweeting about her favourite co-ops. For her first [...]
Co-ops: the next generation
Sitting here in Co-operative Party Conference, it’s humbling to remember that we are part of a huge international movement. The co-operative movement is one of the largest organised segments of civil society with over 800 million members. Co-ops provide vital health, housing and banking services; they promote education and gender equality; they protect the environment [...]
Co-operatives on campus
Student Unions could be the co-operative hubs of tomorrow, writes Alex Baker On logging into Facebook several weeks ago now, I was confronted with a flurry of status updates regarding the results of the latest sabbatical elections at my student union. I say my student union, however I graduated nearly three years ago and back [...]
