[OKC] News about the US Steelworkers Union/Mondragon collaboration

[Bob Waldrop]

       Here is some news about a big project I've been hearing about for a while, the collaboration between the US Steel Workers Union and the Mondragon Cooperatives of Spain.  This could be a game-changer here in the US as the decline years come upon us in the wake of peak oil and the corporation as a mode of business organization becomes less attractive as a result.  

Bob Waldrop
Oklahoma Worker Cooperative Network
http://www.okie.coop

http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_advisories?id=0520 


- Media Advisory -

For More Information:  Rob Witherell (412-562-4333, rwitherell at usw.org )

WHO:    Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers (USW)
             Michael A. Peck, Mondragon North American Delegate
             Bill McIntyre, Director, Ohio Employee Ownership Center
             Dr. Martin Lowery, Executive Vice President for External Affairs,
             National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and past Chairman of the National
             Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)

WHAT:    Announcement of a “Union Co-op” model, which combines worker ownership in a cooperative business with the collective bargaining process, developed as part of the ongoing collaboration between the USW and Mondragon, and with the assistance of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC).

The USW is North America’s largest industrial union representing some 1.2 million active and retired members in a diverse range of industries.

Mondragon is the world’s largest worker industrial cooperative, headquartered in the Basque region of Spain, with 85,000 worker-owners and over $24 billion in annual sales.

The Ohio Employee Ownership Center is an outreach center of Kent State University, founded in 1987 by John Logue who worked tirelessly to bring the successful Mondragon business practices and employee ownership structure and governance to the U.S.

WHEN:       11:00 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2012
    
WHERE:     60 Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 – Lobby

WEBSITES: www.usw.org 
                   www.mondragon-corporation.com 
                   www.oeockent.org 

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