SOSC 1510 Chapter Notes - Chapter chapter 13: Economic Democracy, Social Enterprise, Development Corporations
12 Mar 2019
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The future of work: it"s about workers fighting to keep their jobs, it"s about who should own and manage their workplaces, the story. Outline: values assumption democracy is good, industrial democracy. Workers own the enterprise: cooperatives, social enterprise, public or community ownership, democracy rule by the people reflects the belief that all humans are equal in some essential matter. Democracy is good : political power stems from citizenship rights to vote, run for office, free speech, but market mechanisms undermine equality > our world is characterized by inequality in wealth and power which undermines our democracy. Democracy requires that economic power be shared and accountable. = workers are consulted: about health and safety, new technology, downsizing, restructuring, representative democracy in the workplace, gives workers a voice, but little power. Unless the workers had parity with management. Or better still, if every worker had a vote. Industrial democracy : workers reps may sit on.
