8/2/2019 Argentinean Worker Co-operatives

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Democratic Enterprise: Ethical busi

Occupy, Resist, and Prod

Nowhere is the case of worker t

in Argentina during the early 2

by the economic hardships crea

When Argentina defaulted on i

a worker movement was born.

was reflected in the equal pay p

innumerable challenges to esta

owners and a legal system that

workers even felt the need to g

disposing of the assets. The wo

bottom-up approach to devel

Source: Lewis, A. and N, Klein (2

ness for the 21st century Co-operative Edu

Creative Commo

Case Study 8.2

ce the case of Argentinean worker

akeovers of bankrupt or defunct businesses mo

00s. The growth of worker co-operatives in Arg

ted by the capitalist policies of then president

s sovereign debt in 2002, protests occurred acr

he movement was based on worker solidarity

olicies adopted by most co-operatives. The wo

blish their co-operatives including hostility fro

protected the primacy of private ownership of

ard the factories 24/7 to prevent the owners r

ker co-operative movement in Argentina is cha

pment, as opposed to being driven by socialis

04). The Take.

cation Trust Scotland

ns 3.0 Licence

co-operatives

re prominent than

entina was fuelled

arlos Menem.

oss the country and

nd this principle

rkers faced

existing factory

roperty. Many

claiming and

racterised by a

policies.