A document to help you start a tech cooperative
Back in 19th century USA, during industrialization, the idea of working for someone came across to many as a form of wage-slavery. Going from farming or trade-skills to factories working, one gave up any control in their own worker rights and planning of their business.It seems fundamentally unfair that in most industries you don't have any real share of the company, or any say in the direction of it. People who control those companies are solely executives or wall street share holders, not the people who spend countless hours making the company run and function, thinking about it for even a moment reveals how messed up our system is. Things have only gotten worse recently too with the decline of unions, workers rarely even get a say in their own rights, wages, or working conditions!In short, sharing information like this is great, I'm all for more co-ops!