What 75,000 Mondragon Cooperative Workers Can Teach Us - 27:05
What 75,000 Mondragon
Cooperative Workers Can Teach Us About Controlling the Means of
Production
with
Prof. Frederick Freundlichis,
internationally recognized leader
on building worker cooperative
ecosystems
Mondragon, is a
cooperative owned and operated by 75,000 workers in the Basque region of
Spain. It has become the largest employer in the region and has played a
major role in restoring decent livelihoods after the Spanish civil war.
Frederick Freundlichis, is a professor of cooperative enterprise and
coordinator of a masters program at Mondragon, and is considered one of the
world’s leading researchers, trainers and who offers technical assistance on
broadening enterprise ownership with
businesses, government agencies, unions
and community organizations in the Basque Country and a variety of other
countries. In a rare interview, Prof, Freundlichis provides us with a
glimpse into the Mondragon cooperative model of enterprise and discusses
organizing, mobilizing, and building a worker cooperative ecosystem from the
ground up.
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