Re: Mondragon: Re: MDRGN: Re: MDRGN Inaugural Message

[RaceM <race@netspace.net.au>]

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Dear Chris

Thanks for your message. The Team X project sounds fascinating, and I 
hope that you will provide updates on progess as it unfolds. In 
particular, I am interested in the role which you foresee for unions, 
and how it will play out in the Team X context. In my view, Mondragon 
is a good example of why unions need to expand their service menues 
to encompass the delivery of financial and legal advice to members 
whose jobs are structured on other than traditional lines. One source 
of frustration that has come to light in Mondragon is the difficulty 
that some members experience in interpreting and putting to use the 
copious financial data that their co-operatives make available to 
them. The skilling programs which the co-operatives are now 
undertaking is part of the answer, and it seems to me that another 
might be for unions to become the preferred providers of high quality 
independent professional assistance. Best wishes, Race Mathews
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Dr Race Mathews,
Senior Research Fellow,
Government and Governance Unit,
Faculty of Business and Economics
Monash University.

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