Re: Mondragon: Research for ILO on Worker Cooperative Formation

["jadranka vesel" <jadranka_vesel@hotmail.com>]

I can give you informations on European going on only. In Italy you could 
contact Istituto Luzatti, ISSAN from Trento - Italy, the net of institutes 
Emes, Legacoop from Italy, Confcooperative....
I know that in region Friuli Venezia Giulia they experimented something like 
convertion of normal bussines in worker cooperatives. I supose that the 
experiments were studied
We are trying something actualy. It is future .....
I l be glad to know something on your work on these problem! Thanks!!!
I forgot to present myself. I work in Association of cooperatives in 
Slovenia. We are a new organizatin and we try to develope an experiment 
(with monitoring and study)  models of cooperatives it could exist and 
prosper in Slovenia.
Excuses for all mistakes !


Sincerly  Jadranka



>From: "Guest g5coop" <g5coop@ilo.org>
>Reply-To: mondragon@cog.kent.edu
>To: <mondragon@cog.kent.edu>
>Subject: Mondragon: Research for ILO on Worker Cooperative Formation
>Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:00:14 +0200
>
>My name is Josh Olson.  I am currently serving as an intern with Mark Levin 
>at the Cooperative Branch of the International Labor Organization.  I have 
>been given the assignment to do research and write a short paper on the use 
>of cooperative buyouts as a mechanism for job retention for workers in 
>investor-owned or privately held companies.
>
>I am looking for case studies of worker cooperatives that have been created 
>as the result of worker purchases of failing non-cooperative enterprises.  
>For the purposes of my paper, I am interested both in both sucessful and 
>unsucessful attempts at such conversions. ( I realize that there will be 
>more information regarding successful cooperatives of this nature, but 
>information on both successes and failures will be beneficial to my 
>research.)
>
>Any information, regarding studies that have been published on this 
>subject, details regarding particular cases of such conversions, or even 
>the existence of such cases (hopefully accompanied by some contact 
>information) would be most useful.
>
>Many thanks, in advance.
>
>Sincerely,
>-Josh Olson

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