Thanks for sharing! A great, informative and concise piece, with a lot of learning points for co-operatives.
I’ve heard people claim that Mondragon depends on a lot of workers who aren’t members of the co-op but this isn’t really mentioned. Perhaps this change happened after the period this piece is focused on?
Definitely a valid critique of Mondragon in the modern era, its commitment to the 10% ratio has atrophied somewhat. It’s still something that ebbs and flows, for example there is a current push to transfer 35,000 non-member workers in their retail coop into full members (from a total of 50,000 workers). From numbers I’ve seen, 85% of employees are still members, which is pretty good.
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Oh! I am so happy to see one! I have soo many question!
- Do you like the member status?
- Did you join because of the coop?
- How much are people in Mondragon aware/proud of the coop status? Do some just not care?
- Do the management/discussion part of the work take a lot of time?
- I would love to have something similar around where I live (Isère, France) to do industrial robotics. Any tips on how to start? Does Mondragon help seed other coops?
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