What 75,000 Mondragon Cooperative Workers Can Teach Us About Controlling the Means of Production with Prof. Frederick Freundlichis, internationally recognized leader on building worker cooperative ecosystems
Mondragon, is a cooperative owned and operated by 75,000 workers in the Basque region of Spain. It has become the largest employer in the region and has played a major role in restoring decent livelihoods after the Spanish civil war. Frederick Freundlichis, is a professor of cooperative enterprise and coordinator of a masters program at Mondragon, and is considered one of the worldâs leading researchers, trainers and who offers technical assistance on broadening enterprise ownership with businesses, government agencies, unions and community organizations in the Basque Country and a variety of other countries. In a rare interview, Prof, Freundlichis provides us with a glimpse into the Mondragon cooperative model of enterprise and discusses organizing, mobilizing, and building a worker cooperative ecosystem from the ground up.
produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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