Cooperatives Social
Join the BC Cooperative Association for a cooperative mixer and social following their Annual General Meeting.
This is an invite-only event, please reach out to jonny@unionci.ca for more information.
Introduction to the Union Cooperative Network
Are you interested in learning more about the Union Cooperative Initiative and our organizing model?
Join us for an hour long zoom workshop where we will do a deep dive into the history of the cooperative and labour movements as well as the cooperative development network approach inspired by the Mondragon cooperatives of Spain.
RSVP here.
Fabric Print Making with SCOOP
Join us for a custom fabric print making workshop with the SCOOP Stitchers Cooperative. Learn how to design and carve your own custom stamp and create a repeating pattern or print on a custom canvas tote bag.
All supplies are provided by the Union Cooperative Initiative and the workshop is limited to 6 participants.
RSVP here.
Button Making Workshop with the Collective Print Shop
Join us for a button making workshop with the Collective Print Shop. Each participant will be provided with 5 custom labour organizing buttons or make your own!
This event is fun for all ages!
RSVP here.
People’s Pub: Union Organizing Brews
Join us the labour union organizing community for drinks and snacks by donation at the People’s Pub.
Book Binding with the Burnaby Arts Cooperative
Join us for a workshop on book binding where you’ll learn how to make hand bound journals.
All supplies are provided by the Union Cooperative Initiative and the workshop is limited to 10 participants.
RSVP here.
Tote Bag Workshop with SCOOP
Have you wanted to learn how to make your own fabric tote bag? Join the SCOOP: Stitchers Cooperative for a free workshop on how to make your own tote bag.
All supplies are provided by the Union Cooperative Initiative and each workshop is limited to 6 participants.
RSVP here.
Tote Bag Workshop with SCOOP
Have you wanted to learn how to make your own fabric tote bag? Join the SCOOP: Stitchers Cooperative for a free workshop on how to make your own tote bag.
All supplies are provided by the Union Cooperative Initiative and each workshop is limited to 6 participants.
RSVP here.
Starbucks Workers Social
Get ready to mix, mingle, and make connections at the Starbucks Workers Social on Friday, May 24th, 2024!
Drop-in for a free drink and food at the new invite-only People’s Pub and worker-focused speakeasy in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Details will be sent on the day of the event so mark your calendars!
Please reach out to monivoi@unionci.ca for more information.
Open Studio & Open House
Come by the UCI Chinatown Cooperative Development Centre and Studio for drinks and community building and learn more about the union cooperative development for precarious workers.
RSVP here.
Mayworks Vancouver takes place unceded territories. The City of Vancouver acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Mayworks Kamloops takes place on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc territory, situated within the unceded ancestral lands of the Secwépemc Nation.