Trade Unions and Producer Co-operatives
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Economic and Industrial Democracy
- Vol. 3 (1) , 17-30
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x8231003
Abstract
Although the trade union and producer co-operative movements have similar historical roots and share many common aims, the relationships between the two have often been uneasy. As the number of new producer co-operatives has recently increased rapidly in many Western countries this paper aims to reexamine the relationship between the two movements. The paper is in two parts. The first part re-appraises some of the arguments against trade unions supporting producer co-operatives. The second part describes the role that trade unions could play both within individual producer co-operatives and in the wider movement. The author concludes that both movements have much to gain from closer collaboration.Keywords
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