The Mondragon Worker Cooperatives’ Employment Record 1983–2019

What is it about?

The article provides information on worker cooperatives generally, and on the Mondragon worker cooperatives specifically. The latter’s employment performance from 1983-2019 is discussed, as including the workplace democracy and the relatively very low payment differences (on average 1:6). Its employment growth in this period is also quantitively compared with that of Spain and the aggregate of OECD countries; it is shown that the Mondragon employment growth outran that of Spain by a factor 3.4 and that of the OECD average by a factor 6.3. A main part of the article is on Mondragon’s way of finding a modus between competitive pressures and the maintenance of employment within the cooperatives.

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