An Italian friend told me that there is some bad blood from some towards the co-ops in Emilia Romagna, and that the sentiment in Trentino area is more sanguine.
Don’t know about that. But this is a nice little video about Trentino and the pros and cons of the coop movement there:
http://stories.coop/stories/the-cooperative-movement-in-trentino/
CW: cheesy production values