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What is the fundamental difference between a factory owned by a cooperative and a factory owned by a corporation with workers of the factory having shares in th
by 0xy 6y ago
What is the fundamental difference between a factory owned by a cooperative and a factory owned by a corporation with workers of the factory having shares in that company?
The profit objectives are identical. They have to be, because the basic realities of factory processes mandate profit for ongoing operations and expansion.
If that's true, then why is one excluded and not the other?
- marcinzm 6y agoAs I'm reading it, they would both be allowed if the corporation is owned by all the workers with equal split. I'm not seeing what in the license differentiates between the two.
- gremlinsinc 6y agoThose are essentially the same thing, as long as the CEO makes the same as an entry level worker. Because the keyword is equal share. Nobody is elevated financially above another. You could still have surplus, but workers get to vote on how much that should be, and a flat-style management system still could have managers over others who manage projects, they could pitch budget proposals and vote. Then at the end of the year whatever is left over goes out equally to all (or based on # of hours worked), as a bonus or dividend payout. But most factories the CEO makes 50 million, the worker might get a 3% match in a 401k, and $15 an hour. In other words the ceo is making 300x more, and is definitely not worth that much. Why are today's CEO's better / worth more than 1980's, by 3-4x as much, when the average worker is not, even though productivity of workers has skyrocketed since the 80's?
- bccdee 6y agoAs I understand it, most co-ops don't even enforce totally equal pay across the board -- they just ensure that there are no extreme income discrepancies. Rewarding workers who do a great job with a bonus makes sense even from an egalitarian perspective.