Matt Noyes on Nostr: npub1jf9sz…j936x Worker interests are not typically at the center of consumer ...

npub1jf9sz2j8537gd5z5x2fjrj5aqrhpwnc9h6dpg07gwqmd72xtffkqcj936x (npub1jf9…936x) Worker interests are not typically at the center of consumer co-ops, and the economic logic of consumer cooperativism tends toward economizing on costs, including external (not provided by members) labor. Combined worker and consumer cooperatives, like Eroski, operate with two logics that are reconciled in their governance and ownership, which is 50/50. Unions, like UE in Hunger Mountain co-op in VT have to struggle to defend and advance worker interests in the absence of real control.