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Democratic Enterprise: Ethical busi

Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op

Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative

UK including Edinburgh, Aberd

founded in 1977, the members

and decided to express this soli

many of the members felt that

system of pay based on a mem

support. This structure lasted a

and so reverted back to equal p

Bicycle Co-operatives pay struc

for pay based on an employees

differentials (something we will

chapter). A summary of Edinbu

below:

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ness for the 21st century Co-operative Edu

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Case Study 5.3

rative

is a highly successful worker co-operative with

een, Manchester, Newcastle, and Leeds. When t

were committed to the ideological beliefs of w

darity by adopting an equal pay structure. As th

his pay structure was unfair and a vote was ha

ers needs, for example if they had a number o

ew years before the members again felt that th

ay. This was not to be the end of the evolution

ture; it was changed another three times befor

position in the organisational hierarchy but wi

encounter during our extended case study at t

gh Bicycle Co-operatives pay structure evoluti

eir need

n hierarchical structure

n hierarchical structure with explicitly limited di

cation Trust Scotland

ns 3.0 Licence

outlets across the

he company was

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e company grew,

to move to a

f children to

is system was unfair

of Edinburgh

eventually settling

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he end of the

n is provided

ifferentials