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Worker co-operatives: A dream with jagged edges?

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  • Mary Mellor
  • John Stirling
  • Janet Hannah

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The authors of this paper argue that worker co-ops need to be valued as an improvement in the quality of working life, yet all too often they and the agencies which support them are caught up in a “numbers game†of trying to maximise the number of jobs created in order to justify funding. It is important not to under-estimate the problem of under-capitalisation in co-ops, the stresses of establishing a new business for those with no management experience, and the cost and time needed for training. Co-ops are more an experiment in a new labour process than an easy cure for a dying economy.

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  • Mary Mellor & John Stirling & Janet Hannah, 1986. "Worker co-operatives: A dream with jagged edges?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 1(3), pages 33-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:1:y:1986:i:3:p:33-41
    DOI: 10.1080/02690948608725858
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