Workers Self-Organization: A Recycling Cooperative in Brazil

As we’ve said previously, the stereotype of cooperatives, at least here in the U.S., is that they have limited application in terms of their products and services. Another stereotype is that they are started by middle class people. Here is a five minute video which challenges both of these assumptions.

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About Barbara MacLean

Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.

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