Check out this great piece by Carl Davidson on the joint project of Mondragon and the United Steel Workers to create worker-owned and -run coops in the U.S. Such good news about an alternative, pro-worker way to grow our economy out of this recession:
http://beavercountyblue.org/2009/11/04/steelworkers-seek-job-creation-via-worker-owned-factories/ Best- Julie Matthaei Professor of Economics, Wellesley College Co-Founder and Board Member, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network Co-Editor, with Jenna Allard and Carl Davidson, SOLIDARITY ECONOMY: BUILDING ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET. Chicago: Changemaker Publishing, 2008. available in e- and paper forms at www.lulu.com/changemaker and at Amazon.com -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
