Forum Post: Workers' Ownership for the 99% - USW, Mondragon, OEOC
Posted 10 years ago on Nov. 9, 2013, 4:10 p.m. EST by TGN
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A press conference in 2012 by United Steelworkers, Mondragon & OEOC proposing worker ownership.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TSwRKZ6KU
You can contact USW and inquire about this project here:
http://usw.org/our_union/contact
The Ohio Employee Ownership Center:
http://www.oeockent.org/resources-events/selling-to-your-employees/worker-owned-cooperatives/
And Mondragon:
http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/language/en-US/ENG/Contact-us.aspx
And as the OEOC director said, studies suggest that worker coops out perform other models.
Wow! How cool is this?!?!?
Cooperatives are great models for a 'People's Society.' A government "for the people, by the people," could and should be set up, using similar principles.
Thanks ever so much, TGN!!
Mondragon Shows The Way !!! Yep, Fkn 'A' !! GR8 Post ! Thanx 'TGN' - u bring 'The Good News' :-) & :
http://occupywallst.org/forum/there-is-no-alternative-to-capitalism-really/ ;
http://occupywallst.org/forum/income-inequality-and-worker-self-directed-enterpr/ ;
http://occupywallst.org/forum/workplace-democracy-and-workers-self-management/ ;
http://occupywallst.org/forum/understanding-the-mondragon-worker-cooperative-cor/ ;
"Cooperatives and Community Work Are Part of American DNA", by Kevin Zeese and Dr. Margaret Flowers : http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14076-cooperatives-and-community-work-are-part-of-american-dna ;
"Employee-Owned Businesses Ignored by Mainstream Media", by Gar Alperovitz & Keane Bhatt : http://truth-out.org/news/item/13215-employee-owned-businesses-ignored-by-mainstream-media ;
"Worker Ownership for the 21st Century", by Laura Flanders : http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8169-worker-ownership-for-the-21st-century ;
"The Foundation of a New Democratic Economy Is Worker Self-Directed Enterprises", by Kevin Zeese & Dr. Margaret Flowers : http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13823-the-foundation-of-a-new-democratic-economy-is-worker-self-directed-enterprises ;
"Class Is a Five-Letter Dirty Word : The Lack of Class Consciousness in an Era of Record Inequality", by Anthony DiMaggio : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33809.htm ;
''A Little Book of Ideas'' : http://issuu.com/occupylondon/docs/occupy_little_book_of_ideas/1 &
http://occupywallst.org/forum/search/?q=mondragon ~*~
per ardua ad astra et veritas vos liberabit ...
Its all there for the taking by the people, to take ahold of this thing and straighten it out.
Getting them to do it is the hard part. Once they decide to, everything will even out quickly.
Petitions and plebiscites are still tools we can all use.
Whether our elected representatives actually represent us, or not, they cannot over-rule a petition with enough signatures.
People are convinced of two things, politically; a) Votes don't count for shit. And b) What can one person do to change anything?
We need to focus upon raising awareness of personal power input into a common cause.
Exactly. That's why I posted the links. People should contact USW and OEOC and find out where this project is currently going and how they can help.