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If the workers and the owners are different people, then is it still a coop?

• hueving 9y ago
  Yes, your view of a co-op is too narrow: http://ncba.coop/what-is-a-coop http://ncba.coop/what-is-a-coop
  • fallingfrog 9y ago
    Ok but one of the 7 cooperative principles in that link is "democratic member control", which is exactly what I'm referring to. If you're going to say, oh well not every employee is a "member", well, I don't think you can make the claim that because Coca Cola has employees that might be stockholders, that that makes it a coop.
    • ucaetano 9y ago
      Any company has democratic member control, but the "members" are the shareholders. Coops aren't any different.
    • hueving 9y ago
      No it's not what you are referring to. The mistake you are making is thinking employees == members.
• walshemj 9y ago
  Yes a producer coop may well employ non members - though in theory a worker coop doesn't John Lewis in th Uk is looked down on by the rest of the worker coops fro employing non members as cleaners