| This is an historic opportunity for the labour and co-op movements. They have a unique opportunity to remind people of the tools they have to create change, as well as an obligation to play a leading role in offering new strategies for economic justice. For unions, this agreement is an opportunity to explore the potential of co-operative ownership instead of the usual adversarial relationship with capital. For the co-op movement, it is an opening for greater solidarity with working people everywhere -- not just in their own co-ops. It is also a reminder of one of Mondragà ³n's core principles for success: investment in community development, job creation and expanded co-operative ownership. |
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David Kendall lives in WA and is concerned about the future of our world.