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Who’s the boss? In worker-owned cooperatives, everyone is.
The chain of command at PV Squared, a solar panel installation company in Massachusetts’s Pioneer Valley, is admittedly convoluted. “Technically, I’m Kim’s boss,” says general … Who’s the boss? In worker-owned cooperatives, everyone is.Read more
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Degeneration and Regeneration of worker-owned businesses
Probably one of the most important research articles on worker ownership was published by Tal Simons and Paul Ingram: “Organization and Ideology: Kibbutzim and Hired … Degeneration and Regeneration of worker-owned businessesRead more
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Tripling the Number of Worker Cooperatives
Worker cooperatives can sometimes sound too good to be true: a business owned and controlled by its workers, who each usually get an equal share … Tripling the Number of Worker CooperativesRead more
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Abolishing the Distinction Between Bosses and Employees
Regulated private capitalism. State capitalism. Socialism. These three systems are entirely different from each other. We need to understand the differences between them to move … Abolishing the Distinction Between Bosses and EmployeesRead more
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How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity Economy
Many now agree that corporate capitalism needs to go away. But we differ about the methods of replacing it. Over the past few years, entrepreneurs … How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity EconomyRead more
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A Manufacturer of Equality
In the United States, top corporate execs sometimes make more in an hour than their workers can make in a year. At Mondragon, one of … A Manufacturer of EqualityRead more
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How Worker-Owned Co-ops Can Change the Way We Work
As many of us watch or participate in the movement to improve the lives of service workers through raising the minimum wage, another, more radical … How Worker-Owned Co-ops Can Change the Way We WorkRead more