Workers at Mining Industry factory in Northern Greece vote for factory self-management

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Workers at Mining Industry factory in Northern Greece vote for factory self-management
- Posted by pablo420 promoted 10 months 6 days ago, posted 10 months 1 week ago [link]
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The administration of VIOMIHANIKI METALLEYTIKI, a subsidiary of Filkeram-Johnson, has abandoned the factory since May 2011, along with its workers. The proposal of the Union in order to escape this dead end – as the Administration has stated the factory will not reopen, due to the lack of funds – is for the factory to go into workers control, a proposal voted by 98% of the workers at the General Assembly.

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- Wolffe
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Comment #8,195
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excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.

excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.
- pablo420
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Comment #5,212
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[quote user=Wolffe] excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.
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Wolffe wrote:
excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.
- n0body
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Comment #15,016
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fuck yeah

fuck yeah
- mac
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Comment #3,492
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hey if it works.. good on em. what happens if they start losing money i wonder?

hey if it works.. good on em. what happens if they start losing money i wonder?
- Wolffe
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Comment #8,199
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[quote user=pablo420] [quote user=Wolffe]excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.[/quote]

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pablo420 wrote:

Wolffe wrote:
excellent! Now each employee can vote themselves $1000 per hour wages and live in a new golden age.
- EricManning
- 10 months 6 days ago
- Comment #945
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In the 90s, this is what we thought this would be the future of Capitalism. Back then, people were given sign-on and pay bonuses through shares or options. Compensation took a huge shift from wages to capital. It was thought people would work harder and more productively if most of the ownership was in the hands of the workers. We thought workers might be paid completely in stock, and just collect dividends / sell gains as wages.

I also remember how optimistic we were for Russia, when the state-owned industries were privatized, and the shares were supposedly divided among the workers.

For whatever reason, this Capitalistic version of worker-ownership seemed to fade away. I guess the profitable businesses never wanted to offer stock to employees, and the startups just left too many workers with nothing.

In the 90s, this is what we thought this would be the future of Capitalism. Back then, people were given sign-on and pay bonuses through shares or options. Compensation took a huge shift from wages to capital. It was thought people would work harder and more productively if most of the ownership was in the hands of the workers. We thought workers might be paid completely in stock, and just collect dividends / sell gains as wages.

I also remember how optimistic we were for Russia, when the state-owned industries were privatized, and the shares were supposedly divided among the workers.

For whatever reason, this Capitalistic version of worker-ownership seemed to fade away. I guess the profitable businesses never wanted to offer stock to employees, and the startups just left too many workers with nothing.
- pablo420
- 10 months 6 days ago
- Comment #5,217
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[quote user=EricManning] In the 90s, this is what we thought this would be the future of Capitalism. Back then, people were given sign-on and pay bonuses through shares or options. Compensation took a huge shift from wages to capital. It was thought people would work harder and more productively if most of the ownership was in the hands of the workers. We thought workers might be paid completely in stock, and just collect dividends / sell gains as wages.

I also remember how optimistic we were for Russia, when the state-owned industries were privatized, and the shares were supposedly divided among the workers.

For whatever reason, this Capitalistic version of worker-ownership seemed to fade away. I guess the profitable businesses never wanted to offer stock to employees, and the startups just left too many workers with nothing.
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Hey Eric, have you ever read much about Revolutionary Spain?

EricManning wrote:
In the 90s, this is what we thought this would be the future of Capitalism. Back then, people were given sign-on and pay bonuses through shares or options. Compensation took a huge shift from wages to capital. It was thought people would work harder and more productively if most of the ownership was in the hands of the workers. We thought workers might be paid completely in stock, and just collect dividends / sell gains as wages.

I also remember how optimistic we were for Russia, when the state-owned industries were privatized, and the shares were supposedly divided among the workers.

For whatever reason, this Capitalistic version of worker-ownership seemed to fade away. I guess the profitable businesses never wanted to offer stock to employees, and the startups just left too many workers with nothing.

Hey Eric, have you ever read much about Revolutionary Spain?

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Workers at Mining Industry factory in Northern Greece vote for factory self-management