Worker co-operatives and the phenomenon of empresas recuperadas in Argentina
Subtitle: An analysis of their potential for replication
Series: Co-operative College Papers
Publisher: The Co-operative College
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Manchester
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: co-operatives
Work titles: 11
Description: This report looks at the phenomenon of empresas recuperadas, literally translated as recuperated or recovered companies, that emerged in Argentina during its most devastating economic crisis of December 2001. Essentially, the term refers to businesses, for the most part factories, whose management has been taken over by their workers. This usually is in response to the bankruptcy and/or closure of the factory, with the objective of resuming production in order to maintain the workers' source of labour.
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