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Milwaukee Turners article by Jason Geils
What Is A Union Cooperative And Why Do We Need Them Now More Than Ever?
Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology
Read the full article at NonProfitQuartlerly.org Here.
If you need a ride to the airport, wish to order a pizza, plan a vacation, or search for a job, there is a good chance that you will use an app to get it. We live in a platform world, where technological apps connect consumers directly with goods and services. Electronic transaction platforms like Amazon, Uber, Grubhub, and Airbnb have perhaps permanently changed the way that we live and work. Platform apps seem to offer convenience at low cost and with little effort. But their impact on workers and economies is far from positive. …
Worx Printing Co-op’s principles and union co-op history
Worx Printing Co-op, a United Steelworker shop in Worcester, MA has some new offerings for the movement!
10 Union Co-op Principles graphically illustrated
A detailed history of Union Co-ops and more illustrative graphics
WHY UNIONS ARE INTERESTED IN WORKER CO-OPS AND VICE VERSA
Why Are Unions Interested in Worker Co-ops?
- Adds to labor union membership
- Allows the labor force to respond to economic downturns with flexibility by decreasing workload and pay rather than laying people off
- Workers empowered through ownership and control of management
- Businesses less susceptible to attack and decimation from capital
- Builds member wealth in the form of enterprise ownership and sustainable wages
- Helps redirect labor unions toward more democratic practices
- Involves organized labor in constructive vs resistance work
Why Are Worker Co-ops Interested in Unions?
- Immerses workers in broad and deep economic analysis
- Encourages solidarity with the union movement in advocacy on workers rights
- May offer benefits through the union
- Provides research and organizing expertise, and capital for co-op formation
- Provides model collective bargaining agreements, operating procedures and rules, and grievance procedures with neutral facilitators
- Provides solidarity purchasing arrangements
