Cooperatives and the Labor Movement

Cooperatives have a long history in the workers’ struggle for economic democracy. Labor movements have used various approaches to better the lives of workers and to strive for workplace democracy and economic and social justice. Some unions have seen the creation of cooperatives as an essential means for workers to reclaim control and ownership of their livelihood, while others have wanted nothing to do with any form of worker ownership or worker self-management. In this class, we will travel through the history of cooperatives and their relationship to the labor movement in both the U.S. and Philippine contexts.

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