Beaver County is about 20 miles from where I grew up. 20 miles to the west, the USW tried to buy shuttered steel mills back in the 70s. Staughton Lynd was very active in the attempt, which the steel industry defeated.
They were correct to do so because the workers certainly would have run the business better than management was doing. It would have been a great embarrassment. On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 08:09:28AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: > 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 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
