Tom Sutcliffe, a columnist at The Independent, makes an interesting comparison between the dictatorial conditions that people in the Middle East are currently protesting and the similar atmosphere which we westerners willingly work under work each day. Sutcliffe mentions that “it seems odd that people will endure, within the framework of a firm or an [...]
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Tom Sutcliffe on pro-democracy uprisings in the workplace
Posted in Democratic Principles, workplace democracy, tagged bosses and democracy, democracy at work, Democratic Principles, workplace democracy on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Democratic companies profiled on CNNMoney.com
Posted in democracy at work, Democratic Companies, employee-owned companies, workplace democracy, tagged democracy at work, Democratic Companies, democratic company, democratic workplace, employee-owned company, Full Sail Brewing Co, Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing, Mushkin Enhanced, Pelham Auto Parts, Ronin Tech Collective, We Can Do It!, worker's cooperative, workplace democracy on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
CNNMoney.com recently profiled six worker-owned, democratic companies. These companies, from diverse industries such as software to auto parts to beer brewing, all credit their innovative management structures with having helped them wheather the current economic crisis. Here are the companies that were profiled: We Can Do It! Women’s Cooperative (Si Se Puede! in Spanish) was [...]