An Initiative is currently being developed to create a Cooperative online trading site.
Union Shop Cooperative Ltd will be an on-line trading site offering a full range of consumer goods.
The site will also have a Market Place where independent traders can display and sell their goods – providing they support fair employment rights.
The purpose is to enable consumers to get good products at fair prices made by people who get good pay and conditions.
Union Shopper
Australian trade unions have a well-established shopping web site at https://www.unionshopper.com.au
Union Shop Cooperative want to replicate the success of the Australian Union Shopper organisation which has been operating for 30 years.
The aim is to to get 500 people or more to pledge (but not yet pay) towards the target of £25,000 to launch the unionshop.coop website. This will act as a platform for selected suppliers to promote their goods on the web site.
If you would like to hear more about this project or to make a donation to help get the project running - contact Martin George ( see GES profiles) via Colin Guthrie - Chair of the GES.