@raymondpert Obama could have nationalized the industry during the bailout of early post “Great Recession.” Now workers have to make the struggle theirs to increase workplace democracy. Could also explore opportunities to diversify production, extending into alternative energy mass transportation manufacturing. #uaw #greennewdeal #labor #laborpower #workplacedemocracy

This looks interesting… #apsr #workplacedemocracy

What Do Americans Want from (Private) Government? Experimental Evidence Demonstrates that Americans Want Workplace Democracy | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/what-do-americans-want-from-private-government-experimental-evidence-demonstrates-that-americans-want-workplace-democracy/D9C1DBB6F95D9EEA35A34ABF016511F4

If you want to help the OpenSociocracy project define open source tools using S3 practices, join our Discord.
https://discord.gg/seExDy6M

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #opensource #buildinpublic #WorkplaceDemocracy

The first Sociocracy Quick Start is up. It is not complete but gives an idea where we're headed.

https://handbook.opensociocracy.org/quick-start/defining-s3-organizations/

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #opensource #buildinpublic #WorkplaceDemocracy

A webapp will provide the S3 Logbook. It will have some freemium features, but mainly be a paid premium service because those features have cost and as a small open source project we don't have the deep-pockets to lose money while we grow.

https://logbook.opensociocracy.org/

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #opensource #buildinpublic #WorkplaceDemocracy #developerslife

The handbook site is very bare-bones. The most complete path is "Defining Organizations". It demonstrates how the pieces would fit together.

https://handbook.opensociocracy.org/quick-start/defining-s3-organizations/

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #WorkplaceDemocracy #opensource

The main content links all point to the handbook. We can still explore what the homepage should be. We'd like to offer my partner content.

https://www.opensociocracy.org/

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #WorkplaceDemocracy #opensource

The initial builds of the bare framework are live. It might help people start to understand our journey better.

Take a look around but remember, we're only 5 days old.

We have three main sites:
* www - Main entry
* handbook - Static content support S3 kickoffs
* logbook - webapp to persist S3 artifacts and aid in their creation.

#sociocracy30 #sociocracy #opensource #buildinpublic #WorkplaceDemocracy

#USA #Unions #WorkplaceDemocracy #CollectiveBargaining: "Jane McAlevey is a union organizer. She started her career as an environmental activist, and that’s how she found herself fighting alongside labor organizers who helped her understand that workers were the key to winning the environmental justice fights she was picking. That brought her into organizing, using methods developed in the early 20th century, refined and passed down from organizer to organizer, and then from organizers to worker leaders and the rank-and-file of countless fights for workplace democracy.

McAlevey’s methods date to a time before labor had any protections in US law: they were designed and perfected in an era when unionization was illegal, when bosses, courts and cops worked in concert to smash labor at the first sign of collective organizing.

The National Labor Relations Act and other labor protections arose after workers organized in the teeth of the law and the billyclubs and bristling guns of the cops and the bosses’ hired goons. Union organizing was invented for an era in which the deck was stacked against unions, and the NLRA and other legal protections came after successful labor campaigns."

https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe

For years I've been supporting nonprofits to transition from power-over to power-sharing. A tiny slice of that is practicing #workplacedemocracy, and I've finally put together a corner of the Internet to gather resources on the topic and advertise the services that I and my co-organizers offer. Want to take a look and tell what's confusing, what's missing from the Library, or how to improve? This is the beta version! tosstheboss.org/library

The #Teamsters and the #UAW Gear Up for Struggle
https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/deconstructed/e/64303208db149500110f65fa/media.mp3

#UnionStrong #OrganizedLabor #WorkplaceDemocracy #WorkplaceSafety

Trader Joe’s employees in #Louisville, KY have their next #NLRB hearing tomorrow (Thursday, 3/30) on Zoom at 10am ET. The corporation is fighting the formation of the union, and union members are asking the community to show up in support. ✊ Details here:
🐦 🔗 https://twitter.com/TraderJoesUnite/status/1640790074953441286

#UnionStrong #TraderJoesUnited #WorkplaceDemocracy

‘My name is cleared’: the US workers fighting back against union busting

Organizers say an increased unionizing drive has been met with threats and retaliation – and now the Senate wants answers

Last year, public support for labor unions hit a high unseen since 1965 amid high-profile union campaigns at major corporations including Apple, Amazon, Starbucks, Chipotle, REI and Trader Joe’s.

This renewed interest has been accompanied by aggressive opposition from employers: threats, intimidation and what workers allege are retaliatory firings. The backlash seems to be working, but workers and their supporters are fighting back.

#unions #UnionStrong #WorkplaceDemocracy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/starbucks-amazon-workers-union-drive-retaliation

“Co-ops aren’t necessarily anti-profit. It’s just that they’re controlled by the workers. They grow sustainably and ethically, providing a living wage for their members and giving back to their communities when they can. Co-ops reject the idea that people *are* labor. They know that people *own* labor.”

#Cooperatives #WorkerOwnership #Labor #LivingWages #WorkplaceDemocracy #Economics #PeopleOverProfits

https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2022/05/10/company-converted-to-a-cooperative

Very cool PhD position that I can recommend to anyone interested in studying #workercoops, #workplacedemocracy, #employeeownership and #employeeparticipation!
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RT @matthijsbpunt
Together with @tvaskela, I am looking for a motivated #PhD candidate to study how worker cooperatives create and manage strategic resources at the University of Helsinki @helsinkiuni, including a research visit to us at @UUCopernicus.

https://tinyurl.com/…
https://twitter.com/matthijsbpunt/status/1623662290028400642

Bernie’s bill to expand #WorkerOwnership passed the Senate in the omnibus bill. It now heads to the House.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-worker-ownership

#WorkAct #WorkplaceDemocracy

if Elon Musk really cared about free expression he would give Twitter employees the same say over their workplace that he gives Twitter users; let them vote for how the office is run. #WorkplaceDemocracy #Twitter #ElonMusk #VoxPopuli #Technology #SocialMedia #SiliconValley

Here's an article about workplace democracy in Australia. Basically, high levels of democracy in the workplace yield higher productivity, higher workplace satisfaction and higher wages.
Https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/workplace-democracy-encourages-higher-wages-and-productivity,17037

#WorkplaceDemocracy #EconomicDemocracy #productivity #wages #WorkerCoOps

Some helpful links in this brief article from the National Center for Employee Ownership, referencing our new database:

Employee Ownership Trusts in the News https://www.nceo.org/employee-ownership-blog/employee-ownership-trusts-news

#EmployeeOwnership #WorkplaceDemocracy

@rwba: Just as a disclaimer I do not like corporations that are not democratised and the obscenely wealthy people that run them. Especially large ones. Because of that, I call for things that they will not like for the most part. #WorkplaceDemocracy
#EconomicDemocracy

What I have noticed among them is they tend to heavily push #philanthropy to make themselves look good whilst not actually solving the issues since doing so may threaten their wealth and power. What they really tend to dislike is if you propose to tax them, as Rutger Bregman has found out in the Davos World Economic forums.

This is one of the reasons I call for #TaxJustice - because whilst philanthropy may help some of the problems within our societies, it will ultimately be minuscule compared to the things that can be done via #taxes and tax justice.