From: Kenneth Alan Miller (pgh_iww_iu450@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 12:05:20 EDT
Instead of donating the profits - you could share ALL of them with the workers - the workers then being adaquatly repaid for their labor. Then they could decide, with money in hand, whether to make donations or keep the money for themselves. There is one "notion" of democracy For the OBU, Kenneth
meghan lee krausch <mlkrausc@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: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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