The Co-Operative Movement

Question 1

When was Co-Op Movement founded?

Answer 1

1844

Question 2

What was culture of Co-Op Movement?

Answer 2

• Reading rooms above shops
• Men and women had opportunities to vote
• Minimum wage implemented in 1907 (90 years before it became law)
• Good working conditions
• Dividend of profit

Question 3

When was minimum wage implemented into the Co-Op Movement?

How long before it became law was this?

Answer 3

1907

90 years before it became law

Question 4

What places had Co-Op Movements?

Answer 4

Places that were economically advancing because of industry (e.g., North East of England)

Question 5

What was the dividend Lancaster Co-Op customers got in 1907?

Answer 5

15%

Question 6

What year did Lancaster Co-Op Movement members get 15% dividend?

Answer 6

1907

Question 7

What reasons is the Co-Op Movement an alternate to Capitalist consumerism? (4 answers)

Answer 7

• Moral economy
• Dividend of profit
• Community
• Owenism

Question 8

What does Owenism mean in relation to the Co-Operative Movement?

Answer 8

Co-operation and working together to make a better world

Question 9

How can the Co-Operative Movement been seen to mimic capitalist consumerism?

Answer 9

Some co-op retailers used fancy displays & packaging to manipulate people into making unnecessary purchases

Question 10

What visual culture did the Co-Operative Movement use?

Answer 10

Beehive and Wheatsheaf