• Rowsdower@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Worker cooperatives function just fine. They range in size from a dozen employees to tens of thousands

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      1 year ago

      The larger they get the more prone they are to becoming problematic. HOAs are a great example of this and require way fewer people before it’s an absolute shit show.

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      1 year ago

      They pay workers significantly less than capitalist competition though. Somewhat contradicts the bad capitalist exploiter narrative.

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        Pay is quite variable among worker cooperatives. Some pay less than capitalist firms, some pay more. There’s a worker owned bicycle shop in my city that pays better than others that operate under a traditional business model