I only lumped them together because in America all forms of worker organization outside of the dominant system of employee subservience is deemed suspect in a h

I only lumped them together because in America all forms of worker organization outside of the dominant system of employee subservience is deemed suspect in a hilariously uniform way. Farmers co-ops, for instance, have been described as "socialist," or "anti-competitive," or "inefficient" or "rent seeking" in the same way that unions have been. But I do agree, for the sake of specificity, they should be considered separate.