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A Quick Review of “Solidarity”
Recently, a post from last fall on the Theft of Labor, brought this comment:
“If the intern or the college athlete feels like they are getting an outstanding deal, is it your job to convince them otherwise?”
My spam filter held it … Continue reading
The Agency Dilemma in Worker Co-operatives
Last week at my other blog, Breathing Lessons, I discussed the Rochdale cul-de-sac as it applies to consumer cooperatives. This week, as part of this discussion over the future of US worker cooperatives, if not the labor movement in the … Continue reading
Posted in Movement, Worker Rights
Tagged class, development, Distributism, Management, mondragon, syndicalism, worker co-ops
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Roadblocks on the Path to Mondragon: The Theft of Labor
The three English countries (UK, Canada, and the United States) have, at their core, a culture that promotes and accommodates the theft of labor in a way that simply didn’t exist in Euskera (The Basque Country). Really, it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Society, Worker Rights
Tagged class, Distributism, history, mondragon, syndicalism
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Mondragon in America?
Can Mondragon Really Happen Here?
The Great Recession has brought renewed interest in worker cooperatives in the United States. It has also generated a lot of interest in Mondragon as an example of how to move worker coops beyond small shops … Continue reading
More on Food Coops
One of the major critics of Co-operative grocery stores on The Daily Page in Madison goes by the name of “Dogmeat”. Here is his decision-making process for grocery shopping (he had been accused of being a plant for Whole Foods):
“I’ve … Continue reading