Cooperatives represented by CECOP provide quality, meaningful and empowering jobs, including to those furthest from the labour market and in vulnerable positions. Their contribution to quality jobs is manifold: the worker-ownership model is a key to fair wages and working conditions; cooperatives have an intrinsic commitment to providing training opportunities for their members; and their democratic governance empowers workers.

We call on the European Commission to take into account the following recommendations in the development of the Quality Jobs Roadmap:

  1. Recognise and promote the worker-ownership model as an employment relationship characterized by quality working conditions
  2. Ensure better access to finance for cooperatives to maintain and expand their role as providers of quality jobs
  3. Provide targeted support to cooperatives to expand their training programmes
  4. Support the creation of cooperatives among autonomous workers
  5. Promote workers buyouts as a way to create quality jobs
  6. Include cooperative stakeholders in the development of the Quality Jobs Roadmap
  7. Ensure coherence with other EU initiatives

Cooperatives are an innovative and adaptable business model that provide a long-term and workers-oriented approach. It is imperative that the Quality Jobs Roadmap fully acknowledges and integrates the role of cooperatives in creating and providing quality jobs across the EU.

Read our detailed feedback to the call for evidence here.