Laborfest: Spain – The Mondagron Co-Operative

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Date:

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Time:

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Event Type:

Teach-In

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Laborfest

Location Details:

ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo’s Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows:
T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side; 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
47 bus which starts at North Point at Fisherman’s Wharf, travels on Van Ness, 11th St, Bryant and ends at Cal Train Station at 4th and Townsend, then walk on Townsend 2 blocks to 2d Street, then walk 2 block South on 2d to King St, cross King Street to stadium side, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium;
10 bus which runs from 24th and Potrero, on Rhode Island to 26th St, on Cesar Chavez St to Dakota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, DeHaro, Rhode Island at 16th St, on Townsend to Second Street AND from Van Ness on Pacific to Battery, on Battery to Second St to Third and Townsend, so get off at 2d Street and Townsend, then 1 block south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side. 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium.

Spain – The Mondagron Co-Operative: How Workers Cooperate, Innovate, and Prosper – by Sharat Lin

Sharat Lin is an international labor researcher looking at the lessons of the Spanish Mondagron Cooperative system. He reports on how it works and how workers who are using their collective control can innovate and develop their enterprises. The Mondagron cooperative forum is the tenth-largest Spanish company in terms of assets and turnover and is the leading business group in the Basque Country. It has also faced financial crisis but continues to operate and expand.
See also:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/8/eu-law-puts-a-dent-in-scandinavian-labor-organizing.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/24/alternative-capitalism-mondragon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation
https://initiativeforequality.org/about-us/board-of-advisors/
http://www.sanjosepeace.org/index.php?topic=aboutus

For more information: http://www.laborfest.net/wp/

Added to the calendar on Sat, Jun 23, 2018 10:22PM

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