Covering Canadian Credit Unions
(by Guest Contributor Llara Nelson, MSc, PHR, CIPD, an HR specialist who has worked for a variety of companies in the US and Scotland) The employer brand is a concept that has been around for a very long time. However only recently has it been given due attention. Employer branding is more than a passing HR fad. Organizations already have a brand planned or not. The brand that the leadership wants to project may not be the brand that the employees or ... [Continue reading ...]
... what email was to snail mail. Or that is the prediction by some. Once mainly a buzz in techie circles, or promoted by Max Keiser on the Keiser Report, the Bitcoin is now appearing more and more in the mainstream press. Last week a British paper, The Guardian, had this video on its website. Over the last few weeks or so Bitcoin has gone on a roller coast of rate hikes and drops. Also the main trading sites have been hit with DDOS attacks. The ... [Continue reading ...]
A 'situation' has blown up at Coast Capital Credit Union. One Coast Capital member, who has prior experience in the financial sector, is not happy with the way in which remuneration is paid to the Board of Directors. He is so unhappy that he has taken out advertisements in local newspapers, set up his own website – Coast Capital Compensation Watch – and started a petition. It is not our place to take sides in this argument. But it does raise ... [Continue reading ...]
Guest post by By Deborah Chatterton, Communications Consultant, Vancity. If you told me you could magically take me out of Canada and send me to one of the poorest countries in the world, Uganda, I would take you up on it this very minute. Never mind that in Uganda life expectancy is just 53 years, HIV/AIDS has reached epidemic proportions and is on the rise, and people are recovering from a civil war that killed thousands and affected millions. ... [Continue reading ...]
One of the really hot sessions at the Fall Celero Client Conference was given by Dan Currie, Director of Professional Services on analytics, which is fast becoming a real driver on how CUs try to build business. 'Analytics' is really just a fancy word for analysis and processes that dive deep into the workings of a business for great efficiencies and cost savings. One of the problems all CUs recognize is that the margin spread is so small that CUs ... [Continue reading ...]
Across Canada people are finding that the new $20 bills – the most widely-used denomination in the country – might not be universally accepted. According to the Bank of Canada the $20 bill accounts for over half of all Canadian banknotes in circulation. And not only is it the most popular banknote – it is also the most widely counterfeited. On Nov 7. the old paper bill was replaced with a new polymer one which has been revamped by the Bank of ... [Continue reading ...]
Denyse Guy took over as CCA head from Carol Hunter early this year. CU Newswire was fortunate to be able to talk with her about her first few months of experience, and how she feels about the movement. Q. What brought you into the co-operative sector? A. My first experience was being a member of the Caisse Populaire de Saint-Yves in Quebec City at the age of seven. It was in the basement of the church across from the primary school I ... [Continue reading ...]
Women can be great at running small businesses, but they often face additional challenges. Vancity, through its Vancity Community Foundation (VCF), has joined an important pilot project, Women Entrepreneurs: Financing Opportunities for Growth, funded by Status of Women Canada. The government was seeking partners to improve ways to support women entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. VCF is a 25-year-old arms-length charity that mobilizes ... [Continue reading ...]
There are many co-op leadership programs. But what happens to the participants later? Do they lose interest in co-ops? Or are they motivated to continue developing the movement? Ten young people in their 20s, all graduates of co-op youth leadership programs in their home provinces, wanted to keep on giving. They were part of a pilot program called You-LEAD that took them to Ghana for two weeks. Three of them spoke to CU Newswire the day before they ... [Continue reading ...]
Castlegar BC: Heritage Credit Union and HG Insurance employees postpone strike deadline Just hours prior to the strike deadline of 8:30am Wednesday morning, 5th September, the United Steel Workers (USW) Bargaining Committee – representing the workers a the Heritage CU and HG Insurance in Castlegar and Slocan Park – decided to send the Employer’s latest offer to the membership for a vote. However, the Bargaining Committee will not send a ... [Continue reading ...]
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