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capitalism begone, welcome worker cooperative
((I am fortunate indeed to be part of a worker owned company 
))
Worker-owned cooperatives in the United States can be traced back to the early labor movement, when workers—especially artisans and craftsman—formed cooperatives while on strike or after a strike had failed. For example, after a 1794 strike in Baltimore, shoemakers self-organized a shoe production facility under worker ownership. In the 1880s, the Knights of Labor helped organize hundreds of worker cooperatives
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How Co-ops Helped Produce Foot Soldiers for Civil Rights
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/03/how_co-ops_helped_produce_foot_soldiers_for_civil_rights.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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