Worker cooperative
A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and self-managed by its workers. This control may be exercised in a number of ways. A cooperative enterprise may mean a firm where every worker-owner participates in decision making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one in which managers and administration is elected by every worker-owner, and finally it can refer to a situation in which managers are considered, and treated as, workers of the firm. In traditional forms of worker cooperative, all shares are held by the workforce with no outside or consumer owners, and each member has one voting share. Definition of worker cooperative[edit] Many definitions exist as to what qualifies as a workers' cooperative. Workers' cooperatives also follow the Rochdale Principles and values, which are a set of core principles for the operation of cooperatives. Participation is based on one vote per worker-owner, regardless of the amount of shares or equity owned by each worker-owner. France[edit]
Société coopérative et participative
Une société coopérative de production (scop), parfois également appelée « société coopérative ouvrière de production » ou « société coopérative de travailleurs », est en droit français, une société commerciale qui se distingue des sociétés classiques par une détention majoritaire du capital et du pouvoir de décision par les salariés. Les Scop sont soumises en France à la loi du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération, mais leur spécificité par rapport aux autres coopératives leur est conférée par la loi du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut des sociétés coopératives de production. Historique[modifier | modifier le code] Les premières « associations ouvrières » sont nées dans la clandestinité au début du XIXe siècle, l'associationnisme ouvrier se construisant sur le refus de la subordination économique ou salariale[1]. En février 1848, le gouvernement provisoire arrivé au pouvoir lors de la révolution autorisa pour la première fois les associations ouvrières. Dirigeants Exemples :
Déclaration sur l'identité coopérative
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. La déclaration sur l'identité coopérative a été formulée par l’Alliance coopérative internationale en 1895 soit 51 ans après les principes de Rochdale. En 1995, lors de l'Assemblée Générale du Centenaire de l’Alliance coopérative internationale à Manchester, une nouvelle déclaration sur l’identité coopérative a été définie et la révision des principes coopératifs a été adoptée[1]. La déclaration a donné lieu à la Recommandation 193 (du 03/06/2002) de l'OIT sur la promotion des coopératives, par laquelle l'OIT invite organisations patronales, syndicales et États à s’impliquer dans leurs champs de compétences pour encourager la structuration coopérative.[2] Après avoir défini les coopératives et leurs valeurs, la déclaration énonce les sept principes de la coopération[3] : Les sept principes coopératifs[modifier | modifier le code] Adhésion volontaire et ouverte à tous. Lien externe[modifier | modifier le code]
Cooperative
In short, a coop can be defined as "a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers."[4] Cooperative businesses are typically more economically resilient than many other forms of enterprise, with twice the number of co-operatives (80%) surviving their first five years compared with other business ownership models (41%).[5] Cooperatives frequently have social goals which they aim to accomplish by investing a proportion of trading profits back into their communities. The International Co-operative Alliance was the first international association formed by the cooperative movement. Since 2002 cooperatives and credit unions could be distinguished on the Internet by use of a .coop domain. Origins[edit] Cooperation dates back as far as human beings have been organizing for mutual benefit. Social economy[edit] Meaning[edit] Identity[edit]
Yes, There Is an Alternative to Capitalism: Mondragon Shows the Way
There is no alternative ("Tina") to capitalism? Dani Martinez, innovation director at Orbea bicycles, part of Mondragon Co-operative Corporation, in Mallabia, 2011. (Photograph: Vincent West/Westphoto for the Guardian) Really? We are to believe, with Margaret Thatcher, that an economic system with endlessly repeated cycles, costly bailouts for financiers and now austerity for most people is the best human beings can do? I understand why such a system's leaders would like us to believe in Tina. Of course, alternatives exist; they always do. Modern societies have mostly chosen a capitalist organization of production. Capitalism thus entails and reproduces a highly undemocratic organization of production inside enterprises. In May 2012, I had occasion to visit the city of Arrasate-Mondragon, in the Basque region of Spain. MC is composed of many co-operative enterprises grouped into four areas: industry, finance, retail and knowledge. © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited
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