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What are worker-owned cooperatives, and what role might they have in changing the structure of our society? This video explores what worker cooperatives are, why they're good, and how they are a key part of a revolution, from a syndicalist perspective.

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Music: 'Backbay Lounge' by Kevin MacLeod

A great podcast episode about worker cooperatives from Upstream: https://www.upstreampodcast.org/worke...


If you are interested in starting a cooperative, or just reading more about them, there is a really helpful and comprehensive document on the topic here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net...

Sources and footnotes:

1. The average cooperative pay ratio is 5:1, at least in Mondragon, the world's largest network of worker cooperatives. I couldn't find any research for a more general statistic.
Herrera, 2004, https://web.archive.org/web/201007140...

2. The average pay ratio in the USA is 320 to 1:
https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-c...

3. There are over 18 million businesses in the USA:
https://dmdatabases.com/databases/bus...

4. There are about 500 worker-owned cooperatives in the USA:
https://www.usworker.coop/what-is-a-w...