Trade Unions and Producer Co-operatives

Chris Cornforth
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Chris Cornforth: Open University

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1982, vol. 3, issue 1, 17-30

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.

Date: 1982
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