by Freyja Catron | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Peter I was a community services student sick of being long term unemployed. I decided to study for a new direction in life. During the course I saw that Earthworker had a workshop, ‘How to Start a Cooperative,’ I was really interested due to my interest in...
by Freyja Catron | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Farida Iqbal & Freyja Catron Workers control is increasingly essential to human survival. In the ‘normal’ economy, profit overrides all other concerns, from our own wellbeing to human rights to environmental justice When we have autonomy in the workplace, we get...
by Freyja Catron | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Bushfire Crisis By Farida Iqbal It has kind of been eclipsed by the coronavirus, but just a couple of months ago Australia was in terror of another crisis. This continent was overrun with unprecedented wildfires, signifying out of control climate change. The main...
by Freyja Catron | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The climate crisis is already having massive impacts across this country and across the world. Huge bushfires and devastating droughts have ravaged the country, Pacific Island nations begin to disappear under the ocean and First Nations’ land continues to be stolen...
by Freyja Catron | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Redgum member Farida Iqbal explores the many surprising properties of eucalyptus oil. We mainly use eucalyptus oil to mop your floors. It smells fantastic. We get appreciative feedback from our clients. It’s nice to work with too. But it doesn’t just...
by eleanor | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Production has started at the Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative (EEMC), a worker-run solar hot water factory in Morwell, in the heart of Victoria’s coal region. EEMC is a part of the broader Earthworker ecosystem, which includes the Redgum Cleaning...
by eleanor | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Redgum member Farida Iqbal sat down with a fellow co-operator visiting all the way from Germany to hear their perspectives on worker-cooperative life in Berlin. At Redgum we don’t often get the chance to meet workers from other cooperatives. So it is great that Nico...
by eleanor | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In this short essay from our latest newsletter, Redgum member Ella Ryan reflects on what it’s meant to her to be part of building and working in our co-operative. As 2018 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting a lot on our coop’s growth this year and everything...
by eleanor | Jun 26, 2019 | News
Editor’s Column: It’s a Long Way to the Mop if you Want to Rock and Roll! Welcome to the first issue of The Cleaner, Greener Times. It’s the one year anniversary of the Redgum Cleaning Cooperative, so we thought we’d start a newsletter to celebrate! We have achieved a...
by eleanor | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
The below is an article which appeared in the May 2018 edition of Earthworker Cooperative’s Newsletter: Earthworker is proud to report that the Redgum Cleaning Co-operative is off to a great start after launching in February this year! A fully worker-owned green...
