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Is there a mainstream company structure that aligns interests in this way? Or would this require a paradigm shift?
by symplee 7y ago
Is there a mainstream company structure that aligns interests in this way? Or would this require a paradigm shift?
- chii 7y agoit's usually called a cooperative (and a lot of farms operate this way).
- C1sc0cat 7y agoThat's a producer coop, a worker coop is what your thinking of part of KFC is a producer coop BTW
- markvdb 7y agoMondragon [0] is often seen as the most successful large scale cooperative. Don't know if that was exactly what you were asking for though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation
- rumanator 7y agoMondragón id also not free from problems pinned on the neoliberal school of management, such as bankruptcies that shut down whole factories leaving workers out to dry. https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2013/nov/15/spanish-co-op-workers-occupy-plant https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2013/n...
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoAlso John Lewis & Partners in the UK with 38,000 staff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_%26_Partners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_%26_Partners
- unlinked_dll 7y agoMarketplace had a decent episode that covered it: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/there-are-6000-employee-owned-companies-in-the-u-s-how-do-they-work/ https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/there-are-6000...