Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares...or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Workers want real control, not token shares or foreign co-determination systems.
- In plain terms
- Workers reject token shares or copying other systems.
- What can you take from it?
- Workers demand real decision-making power.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What counts as genuine worker control?
- Is shared ownership meaningful?
Another view
Some symbolic measures can be a stepping stone toward deeper control.
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