I was involved, briefly, in the worker cooperative scene in the late 90s in the UK. One was an ISP but the rest I interacted with were non-tech. I loved the id

I was involved, briefly, in the worker cooperative scene in the late 90s in the UK. One was an ISP but the rest I interacted with were non-tech. I loved the idea but the practice always seemed so far from the ideal. What I saw were one or two people in a cooperative make things happen (whether through initial founding, finding business, doing the boring stuff that make a business actually happen, or simply doing customer work) and then others would put in a similar amount of effort to a normal job but get an equal share in the rewards as the one or two people driving the whole thing. I'm not saying that typical businesses today are ideal or fare. However, worker cooperatives seemed no less fair than other forms of business; it's just that they were unfair in different ways. I'm still a fan of the co-op model but it brings with it its own set of challenges.