At the height of the pandemic, the restaurant industry sued to overturn bans on indoor dining, arguing it was the only way they could survive. But at cooperatively-run restaurants, where worker-owners vote over major decisions, they decided to prioritize their lives over profits and pivoted their business models so they could stay in business.
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Well done.
Can anyone with experience in cooperative workplaces explain why consensus-based decision making seems to be the most popular form of worker collective? It seems like it just gives the minority position an inherent advantage, which can be a major hurdle if the minority is trying to block the will of the majority. The situation with the filibuster in the US Senate shows how minoritarian rule can calcify polarization rather than disincentivize it
People are starting to realize that Market Socialism is the only path forward
I kinda want to be part of an electronics repair/repurpose co-op. So much of this tech ends up in landfills and such.
I read somewhere that the Koch Brothers has their employees work with bracelets.
I LOVE that coops are are becoming more mainstream. We need more of this everywhere.
Very interesting!
socialism at work 👍
Ignore capitalists, make co-ops.
Richard Wolf has been extolling the benefits of worker coops for years and nice to see some interest in employee owned and run businesses.
This is my favorite independent news source.
The panic pandemic
Absolutely fantastic video. Thank you. Good news seem rare these days and this was some very good news indeed.
The only people truly interested in American jobs … are the American workers.
Amazing news! This should be a feature length documentary! Keep it up!
YouTube, push this through the recommendation algorithm!
2019-2020 year of the germophobes.
This is indeed real news.
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Imagine that, if you truly get your workers involved through democracy they tend to want better for the business. Almost as if they were all in it together. Hmmm…