This is an exploratory group for people interested in learning about, participating in, or starting worker-owned and worker-managed collectives, cooperatives, businesses or organizations.

Wikipedia explains worker self-management (or autogestion) as “a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree on choices instead of an owner or traditional supervisor telling workers what to do, how to do it and where to do it... [It] is often the decision-making model used in co-operative economic arrangements such as worker cooperatives, workers' councils, participatory economics, and similar arrangements where the workplace operates without a boss.”

Most modern corporations seem to resemble totalitarian centrally-planned economies where workers have very little say in what's going on in their workplaces and lives. We wouldn't wish to live in a totalitarian country. Why should we accept working in totalitarian organizations? While we might not always be able to change the existing organizations, we definitely can learn how to build better ones.

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  • December 10, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 2 Members attended

    Tapas to raise $ for Cincy Union Coop Initiative
    From CUCI's Kristen Barker: Dear friends who are interesting in supporting the burgeoning union-co-op movement in Cincinnati, So much is happening! And so much more... Learn more

  • September 24, 2011 at 8:00 AM, 3 Members attended

    Breakfast with Mondragon International Representative Michael Peck

    They rated it 5.00 5.002 (2 ratings)

    I'm sorry about the short notice and, unfortunately, this is pretty early on Saturday morning but... our friends at Mondragon Study Group are having a breakfast with... Learn more

  • August 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM, 3 Members attended

    Cincinnati Mondragon Union Worker Coop Initiative meeting

    They rated it 4.00 4.003 (3 ratings)

    UPDATE: A change of plans. Instead of our regular Sunday meeting at Sidewinder's we will attend the next meeting of the Cincinnati Mondragon Union Worker Coop Initiative... Learn more

  • July 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM, 3 Members attended

    Workplace Democracy Sunday

    They rated it 5.00 5.002 (2 ratings)

    Some of us couldn't attend the last meeting so I think we should just move the items we were going to cover at the last meeting to this one. Any suggestions for... Learn more

  • June 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM, 2 Members attended

    Workplace Democracy Wednesday
    At our last meeting we decided to try to meet more than once per month, alternating Wednesdays and Sundays. This will be our first Wednesday meeting. The location is to... Learn more
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