From: meghan lee krausch (mlkrausc@midway.uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 03:38:51 EDT
Hey folks,
does anyone have any advice, suggested reading, criticisms, thoughts, on
creating a more than vague notion of "fostering democracy in the
workplace"? for example, if one were to actually start a factory with all
the proper material ingredients for non-sweatshop-like conditions, how
would one then go about making it a truly empowering place for
workers? you can't create a union yourself (i don't think that's agood way
anyway--i could be wrong), but you can't just arrange everything in a
hierarchical way and say that you are ensuring the workers' well-being. do
people think that transitioning to a worker-owned corporation (and
worker-run--completely) might solve the problem?
just to clarify, this is a non-profit factory that aims to sell shirts,
employ workers, and donate profits.
opinions, thoughts, anything please!
-meghan
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